Eparchy of Satna
Eparchy of Satna सतना के सूबा | |
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| Location | |
| Country | India |
| Ecclesiastical province | Archeparchy of Ujjain |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 45,188 km2 (17,447 sq mi) |
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| Information | |
| Rite | East Syriac rite |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of St Vincent [in Satna] |
| Patron saint | St Vincent de Paul |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Mar Leo XIV |
| Major Archbishop | Raphael Thattil |
| Bishop | Joseph Kodakallil |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Sebastian Vadakel MST |
| Bishops emeritus | Mathew Vaniakizhakkel |
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| Website | |
| Website of the Diocese | |
The Eparchy of Satna is an Eastern Catholic eparchy in India, under the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church based in the town of Satna. It was erected on February 26, 1977. It is spread out in the northern part of the state Madhya Pradesh. It is made a suffragan eparchy of the Archeparchy of Ujjain after its half-century of evanglization in Madhyapradesh. It was erected exarchate and entrusted to the clerical society of Vincentian Congregation of St.Thomas region based in Rewa (now it is shifted to Ujwa P.O., New Delhi after it was raised to the statues of a Province and the number of diocesan priests increased) by the Holy See on 29 July 1968 by the papal bull In More Est of Pope Paul VI. Msgr Abraham D Mattam of Vincentian Congregation was nominated its first Apostolic Exarch on 15 August 1968.
The exarchate was raised to the rank of an Eparchy on 12 March 1977 by the Papal Bull Ecclesiarum Orientalium of Pope Paul Vi and Mar Abraham D Mattam was appointed the first Eparch of Satna. The Installation and erection of the Eparchy took place on 31 July 1977.
After his retirement Rev Fr Mathew Vaniakizhakkel VC was appointed the second Eparch of Satna on 14 January 2000 and was consecrated and installed on 12 April 2000 as the Bishop successor Mar Abraham D Mattam. He completed 14 years shepherding the Eparchy as a facilitating bishop and pastor. He renounced his office as the bishop of Satna on 27 August 2014.
On 2 September 2014, the college of Eparchial Consultors elected Very Rev Fr George Mangalapilly as the Administrator of the Eparchy.
On 22 July 2015 Fr Joseph Kodakallil was appointed the third bishop of Satna. He was consecrated and installed on 15 September 2015.
The territory of the Eparchy of Satna is reorganized by including, together with the ten civil districts of Madhya Pradesh already under its jurisdiction-Chhatarpur, Rewa, Panna, Satna, Sidhi, Tikamgarh, Singrauli, Niwari, Maihar and Mauganj the following 9 civil districts of Madhya Pradesh: Jabalpur, Mandla, Shahdol, Dindori, Umaria, Katni, Anuppur, Damoh, and Narsinghpur, as well as 6 civil districts of Uttar Pradesh: Jhansi, Jalaun, Banda, Chitrakoot, Hamirpur, and Mahoba.
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