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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Eastern Catholic eparchy in Telangana, India}}<br />
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{{moresources|date=September 2019}}<br />
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{{Use Indian English|date=September 2019}}<br />
{{Infobox diocese<br />
| jurisdiction = Eparchy<br />
| name = Adilabad <br />
| local = आदिलाबाद के सूबा<br />
| image =Adilabad_diocese.png <br />
| image_size = <br />
| image_alt = <br />
| caption = <br />
<!---- Locations ----><br />
| country = {{flag|India}}<br />
| territory = <br />
| metropolitan = <br />
| province = [[Archeparchy of Shamshabad]] <br />
| archdeaconries = <br />
| deaneries = <br />
| subdivisions = <br />
| coordinates = <br />
<!---- Statistics ----><br />
| area_km2 = 16,210 <br />
| area_sqmi = <!-- Area in square miles, automatically converted --><br />
| area_footnotes = <br />
| population = 2,741,239<br />
| population_as_of = 2015<br />
| catholics = 16,403<br />
| catholics_percent = 0.6<br />
| parishes = 36<br />
| churches = <!-- Number of churches in the diocese --><br />
| congregations = <!-- Number of congregations in the diocese --><br />
| schools = <!-- Number of church supported schools in the diocese --><br />
| members = <!-- Number of members in the diocese --><br />
<!---- Information ----><br />
| denomination = [[Syro-Malabar Church]]<br />
| rite = [[East Syriac Rite]] <br />
| established = 23 June 1999<br />
| cathedral = Holy Family Cathedral in [[Adilabad]]<br />
| cocathedral = <br />
| patron =St.Kuriakose Elias <br />
Chavara <br />
| patron_title = <!-- Use to override the default label "Patron saint" --><br />
| priests = 35<br />
| pope = Mar {{Incumbent pope}} <!-- DO NOT CHANGE. This will update the Popes Automatically as they change --><br />
| patriarch = <br />
| major_archbishop = Mar [[Raphael Thattil]]<br />
| bishop = Mar [[Joseph Thachaparambath]] CMI<br />
| bishop_title = <!-- Type of ordinary: i.e. Bishop or Archbishop. Default is Bishop --><br />
| metro_archbishop = Mar [[Antony Prince Panengaden]]<br />
| coadjutor = <br />
| suffragans = <!-- List most senior first (usually reckoned by date of consecration); use | suffragan = for one --><br />
| auxiliary_bishops = <!-- List most senior first (usually reckoned by date of consecration) --><br />
| apostolic_admin =<br />
| vicar_general = <br />
| episcopal_vicar =<br />
| archdeacons = <!-- List most senior first (usually reckoned by date of first collation); use | archdeacon = for one--><br />
| emeritus_bishops = [[Joseph Kunnath]]<br />
<!---- Map ----><br />
| map = Map of Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Adilabad.png<br />
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| map_alt = <br />
| map_caption = <br />
<!---- Website ----><br />
| website = <br />
| footnotes = <br />
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'''Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Adilabad''' was created by [[Pope John Paul II]] on 23 July 1999. The first bishop, Mar [[Joseph Kunnath]] [[Carmelites of Mary Immaculate|CMI]], was ordained bishop on 6 October 1999 at which time the diocese also was inaugurated.<br />
==Ordinaries==<br />
'''Bishop's'''<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|-<br />
! Sl.No<br />
! style="background: #ffdead;" | Ordinary<br />
! style="background: #ffdead;" | Designation<br />
! style="background: #ffdead;" | Year of appointment<br />
! style="background: #ffdead;" | Last year of service<br />
|-<br />
| 1<br />
| [[Joseph Kunnath CMI]]<br />
| align="center" | Bishop<br />
| align="center" | 6th October 1999 <br />
| align="center" | 6th August 2015 <br />
|-<br />
| 2<br />
| [[Antony Prince Panengaden]]<br />
| align="center" | Bishop<br />
| align="center" | 6th August 2015 <br />
| align="center" | 30th August 2024<br />
|-<br />
| 3<br />
| [[Joseph Lukose Thachaparambath, C.M.I]]<br />
| align="center" | Bishop<br />
| align="center" | 28th August 2025<br />
| align="center" | ''present''<br />
|}<br />
==External links==<br />
* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dadsm.html Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Adilabad at Catholic-Hierarchy]<br />
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{{Syro-Malabar Catholic Church Hierarchy|state=collapsed}}<br />
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[[Category:Syro-Malabar Catholic dioceses]]<br />
[[Category:Christian organizations established in 1999]]<br />
[[Category:Christianity in Telangana]]<br />
[[Category:1999 establishments in Andhra Pradesh]]<br />
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