Eparchy of Chanda
The Eparchy of Chanda is an eparchy of the East Syriac Rite Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, and a suffragan of the Syro-Malabar Archeparchy of Kalyan.
Its cathedral episcopal see is St. Thomas Cathedral, in Ballarpur, in India's Maharashtra state.
History
- It was created on 29 July 1968 as Apostolic Exarchate of Chanda, a pre-diocesan Eastern Catholic missionary jurisdiction, on then Latin territories, split off from its present Metropolitan, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nagpur, and from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Amravati.
- Promoted as Eparchy of Chanda on 26 February 1977 by the Bull Nostra Ipsorum of Pope Paul VI, promoting its Exarch to become the first Eparch.
- Lost territory on 23 June 1999 to establish the Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Adilabad
Prelates
Apostolic Exarch of Chanda| Sl.no | Name | Designation | Year of appointment | Last year of service |
| 1 | Januarius Palathuruthy, C.M.I. | Apostolic Exarch | 1968 | 1977 |
Eparchs of Chanda
| Sl.no | Name | Designation | Year of appointment | Last year of service |
| 1 | Mar Januarius Palathuruthy, C.M.I. | Bishop | 1977 | 1990 |
| 2 | Mar Vijay Anand Nedumpuram, C.M.I. | Bishop | 1990 | 2014 |
| 3 | Mar Ephrem Nariculam | Bishop | 2014 | Present |