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{{Short description|Eastern Catholic eparchy in Karnataka, India}}
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{{Infobox diocese
| jurisdiction = Eparchy
| name = Mandya & Bangalore
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| country = [[India]]
| metropolitan = [[Syro-Malabar Catholic Archeparchy of Tellicherry]]
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| province = [[Tellicherry]]
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| denomination = [[Catholic Church]]
| sui_iuris_church = [[Syro-Malabar Catholic Church]]
| rite = [[East Syriac Rite]]
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| pope = {{Incumbent pope}} 
| major_archbishop = [[Raphael Thattil]]
| metro_archbishop = [[Joseph Pamplany]]
| bishop = [[Sebastian Adayantharath]]
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| vicar_general = Mathew Koikara<br />George Alluka
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| map = Mandya.jpg
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| website = [http://www.mandyadiocese.org www.mandyadiocese.org]
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The '''Eparchy of Mandya''' is situated in Mandya city in [[Mandya district]] of [[Karnataka]]. The Syro Malabar eparchy includes ten civil districts of Karnataka, namely [[Bangalore]], [[Bangalore Rural]], [[Chikkaballapur]], [[Kolar, Karnataka|Kolar]], [[Ramanagara]], [[Tumkur]], [[Mysore district|Mysore]], [[Chamarajanagar]], [[Mandya]] and [[Hassan district|Hassan]]. The most recent bishop of Mandya was Antony Kariyil, who was later appointed as the Metropolitan Vicar of the [[Major Archbishop]] of the [[Archdiocese of Ernakulam-Angamaly]] with the personal title of Archbishop on August 30, 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cruxnow.com/church-in-asia/2019/08/30/head-of-syro-malabar-church-stripped-of-administrative-responsibility-in-archdiocese/|title=Head of Syro-Malabar Church stripped of administrative responsibility in archdiocese|access-date=31 August 2019|archive-date=30 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190830182403/https://cruxnow.com/church-in-asia/2019/08/30/head-of-syro-malabar-church-stripped-of-administrative-responsibility-in-archdiocese/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Infant Jesus Church, Henkel is the cathedral of the eparchy and the bishop's residence is at Kalenahalli, 6 km away from the city of Mandya.

[[File:Map of Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Mandya.png|thumb|left|Map showing the eparchy of Mandya in Karnataka and in India]]

==History==
The Eparchy of Mandya was created by bifurcating [[Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Mananthavady]]. The eparchy is a suffragan eparchy of the [[Syro-Malabar Catholic Archeparchy of Tellicherry]]. The eparchy was created by Major Archbishop [[Varkey Vithayathil]], by his decree on 18 January 2010. The eparchy has an area of 17,640 km<sup>2</sup> with a total population of 44, 47,312 of which around 1,300 are Syro-Malabar Catholics.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.smcim.smonline.org/contact.htm|title=Syro Malabar Church|access-date=2011-08-03}}</ref>

Fr. Antony Kariyil CMI appointed Bishop of Mandya. The territory of Mandya is extended to Bangalore. The appointment was announced on 26 August 2015 at Mt. St. Thomas Kakkanad.The canonical territory of Mandya diocese comprises four civil Districts of [[Mysore district|Mysore]], [[Chamarajanagar]], [[Mandya]], [[Hassan district|Hassan]] and in August 2015 it is extended to [[Bangalore]], [[Bangalore Rural]], [[Chikkaballapur]], [[Kolar district|Kolar]], [[Ramanagara]] and [[Tumkur]].

On August 30, 2019 Bishop Sebastian Adayantharath was announced as the third bishop of Mandya at Mt. St. Thomas Kakkanad till then the Auxiliary Bishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly.

== Ordinaries ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Sl.No
! style="background: #ffdead;" | Ordinary
! style="background: #ffdead;" | Designation
! style="background: #ffdead;" | Year of appointment
! style="background: #ffdead;" | Last year of service
|-
| 1
| [[George Njaralakatt]]
| align="center" | Bishop
| align="center" | 2010
| align="center" | 2014
|-
| 2
| [[Antony Kariyil]]
| align="center" | Bishop
| align="center" | 2015
| align="center" | 2019
|-
| 3
| [[Sebastian Adayantharath]]
| align="center" | Bishop
| align="center" | 2019
| align="center" | ''present''
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.mandyadiocese.org/ Eparchy of Mandya]
{{Syro-Malabar Catholic Church Hierarchy}}

{{coord missing|Karnataka}}

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GeorgeGirdleston at 10:32, 25 January 2026