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Thus, till the Bishop and his helpers were guests of the parish priest of Bettiah. Quarters were congested but fraternity was more than ample The Diocese of Bettiah was vacant from July 3 when Bishop Victor Henry Thakur, the bishop of Bettiah was appointed as the Archbishop of Raipur. The Church of Bettiah represents the presence of Christ, is a sign of His salvific mission, and a channel of His grace and blessings to the suffering people of the diocese. Peter Sebastian Goveas has begun to initiate several socio-pastoral works.
That inner force will empower them to look at the future positively and as a result it will transform their whole life. He is interested in expanding the mission work in remote places of the Diocese. We thank God for the Gift of Rt. Church of the Nativity of the B. Victoria Mission Gahiri Kothi History: From till Capuchin missionaries worked in Lhasa, Tibet.
Among these missionaries was Joseph Mary Bernini who was adept at medicine. His fame spread as far as Bettiah kms away from Patna City. In or l a member of the royal household in Bettiah was ill and no doctor was able to effect a cure. Having heard of Fr. Joseph Mary came to Bettiah, and treated the patient who recovered. The Raja was so impressed by the priest that he asked him to start a mission in his kingdom. Joseph Mary told him that he could do so only if the Pope in Rome would give the order for this.
Hence, in Raja Drup Narayan Singh wrote to the Holy Father in Rome asking that priests be sent to Bettiah to establish a mission there and preach their religion. Thus on December 7, Fr. Joseph Mary arrived in Bettiah and on the next day, the feast of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary the mission of Bettiah was inaugurated next to the royal palace on land which the king gave to the mission.
During the time of Fr. Joseph Mary in Bettiah forty adults embraced the Catholic faith, thus establishing the first indigenous Christian community in present day Bihar. The first church was built in In a new church with three naves and three altars which could accommodate a thousand people was blessed. This church served the Christians of Bettiah till it fell in the earthquake of A new church was constructed in by Fr.
In a middle school for Christian boys was built in the mission compound. In a school for girls was opened in the parish. In June it was decided to start a high school for boys and class eight was begun on January 4, Initially here were eleven boys but the number soon grew to twenty-five. The first teachers were Fr. Seraphim Barno, and Mr. On March 19, the foundation of the new Middle School building was blessed.
In January Bettiah suffered from an earthquake. The church fell and other buildings were badly damaged. On July 10, a Credit Union was started which continues to benefit the people of the parish. On November, 5, the new St. Aloysius Pathshala was inaugurated. On October 26, a new hall at the northern end of the compound was inaugurated and furnished with a number of tables and chairs. Many priests have served the people of the parish but the two who are most remembered are Fr.
These two, working together for about thirty years, have made a lasting impact on the lives of the people. In l there was a severe famine in Bihar and many people died. The government sent about two hundred orphans to the missions in Bettiah and Chuhari to be cared for. When these children became adults it was necessary to help them settle in life. The mission in Bettiah was able to purchase bighas of land in Chakhni from the government.
In the beginning this station was very bad for health and the missionary often suffered from malarial fever. After two years the construction of a larger and safer house was begun with the help of the Vicar Apostolic. Alexander was transferred to Allahabad, leaving the new house incomplete. Afterwards it was completed by the new missionaries. There was a small orphanage but in a new one was built. Since with the increase of families and of orphans and neophytes the provisional chapel was insufficient and unworthy for religious celebrations, in Fr. Gerold began the construction of a larger and more beautiful church with three naves and two towers.
It was completed in at the cost of 10, Finally on December 15, the Prefect Apostolic at the time of the Jubilee Triduum blessed the church solemnly according to the rite of the Roman Ritual and gave it the name of the Holy Family. On this occasion the Christians rejoiced greatly. Gerold went to Europe and on his return to the mission brought with him four bells.
This church, which was blessed by the Prefect Apostolic, Fr. Hilarion OFN Cap on December 15, l, withstood the onslaught of the earthquake is still standing. The first sisters, Sr. Aloysia, started a middle school, took care of the boy and girl orphans and also old people who had no one to take care of them. At present, in addition to teaching in the school, the sisters help in the parish.
In a co-educational high school was started with the name of Fr. Pettit Memorial High School. The present headmaster of the high school is Fr. Bagaha, Bhatwa Tola, Sirisia, Valmikinagar 3. The mission there was started so that Christians from Bettiah who worked there for several months each year could attend Mass. This was celebrated by a priest from Chuhari.
As time went on a few Christian families settled there permanently. It was also a stopping off place for the priest who had to come and go from Rampur to Bettiah. It remained only a Mass centre for many years. In a hostel for boys was opened in Chanpatia and Fr. In the following year Fr. Farrell returned to Chuhari in , Chanpatia was looked after by Jesuits, Diocesan priests, Capuchins and Claretians. In a new residence for the parish priest was built so that he could conduct his work more efficiently and also give a proper accommodation for visiting priests and brothers.
In the beginning they stayed in rented quarters, one room in the house of Mr. Cyril Fidelis, who worked in the sugar factory. Several months later they moved from there to the present convent. Sonepur, Dighwara, Chapra town History: The mission in Chapra dates to the beginning of the twentieth century when a Capuchin priest, Fr. Pius, rented a small house and took care of the European Catholics there and opened an orphanage for local orphans.
He also bought land for a cemetery. However, some time later, probably at the beginning of the first World War, this work was abandoned and only in was land purchased at Khalpura, about eight kilometers east of the Chapra railway station. This mission was looked after by the priests in Siwan.
A few years later a residence for priests was constructed and a priest began living there. A piece of land adjacent to our mission land was purchased in the present school building in Khalpura is on this land.
They are very active in social work in and around Khalpura. In land was bought at Mehiya, about four kilometers north of Chapra. The priests in Chapra take care of the faithful in Sonepur, about forty kilometers east of Chapra where the Sacred Heart Sisters have a school. When strife began between the Gurkhas and the Newars the missionaries were forced to leave Nepal and the Newar Christians left with them.
They came to Bettiah where they were welcomed by the government and the priests of the Bettiah mission. The English government gave them the village of Chuhari, eleven kilometers from Bettiah.
Thus the mission of Chuhari began in A big church was built in It was similar to the church in Bettiah but not quite so big. Like its counterpart in Bettiah it also fell in the earthquake of Originally the Holy Cross Sisters worked with the orphans and old people in the mission. The sisters also had sewing and handicraft work there.
In these works were shifted to Bettiah and the Sisters of the Sacred Heart replaced the Holy Cross Sisters and continued all the work that was not shifted to Bettiah. In a high school for girls was started. It was given recognition by the government in Marian Shrine History of the mission The king of Bettiah had donated two hundred bighas of land to the missionaries at Bettiah for their use. After the famine of a number of people sought help from the priests in Bettiah and some of these were settled on this land in Dussaiya.
Hilarion, on May 8, The sacristy was shifted to another building. When the care of the orphans in Bettiah became too difficult, land was purchased in Fakirana, about three kilometers from the Bettiah Church, and the orphanage was shifted there. The old women whom he Holy Cross Sisters cared for were also accommodated there.
The work continues to this day. As time went on the orphanage was closed and other work was begun. At present there is a residential school for hearing impaired children. There is also a residential programme of about nine months each for village girls who are given some basic education and training in various skills. Now the school is well established in a large building and caters to the needs of the neighbouring villages Also in Fakirana is the novitiate of the Sisters of the Sacred Heart.
The sisters help the poor in a flourishing dispensary which treats patients from far and near. They also conduct a Hindi Medium high school which serves the people of the villages around Fakirana. The sisters are engaged in many social service projects and their work is very much appreciated by the government which often seeks their help, especially for the care of disadvantaged and ill treated women.
Ignatius of Loyola Established: In the beginning, the spiritual needs of the sisters and a few Catholics were taken care of by the priests from Siwan. In property was purchased for the residence of a priest. Before going to the new convent cum school in Gopalganj the sisters lived for a year in Siwan with sisters from three other congregations where they were able to learn the language and some of the customs of the people. This greatly facilitated their work in the dispensary where they not only treated many women but were able to advise them about many of their problems and concerns.
The school developed slowly and is now and English Medium School.
The Sioux City policy reinterprets the unity candle as the "Christ candle. Garsias de Fau — 15 November Mission till May 16, With mental disabilities the priest needs to assess the couple's ability to give consent and to assume the essential obligations of marriage. Coimbatore, which had been the part of Pondicherry Archdiocese so far, was separated and given an identity of its own as Pro-Vicariate in Karumathampatty from 4th October But the Church work continued its existence in Nepal until
Francis Assisi Established Catholics: In land was bought in the town on a by-pass road and the Capuchin religious began living there. They were entrusted with the spiritual care of all those living in East Champaran District. Originally there was a small chapel attached to the simple residence of the priests. A new residence and a church dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary were built in In the title of the Church was changed to that of St. This helps to keep alive the memory of the pioneering work of the Capuchin missionaries in the territory of the Diocese of Bettiah. The Sisters of the Sacred Heart opened a school at the request of some government officials and were given the use of some government buildings for this purpose.
After some years the sisters bought some property and moved their school to it. There is a hostel connected to the school and a small dispensary which caters to the poor people of the neighbourhood. They are engaged in social work of various kinds. Notable is their prison ministry which has been very successful. As the whole of East Champaran District has been committed to the care of the Capuchin priests and brothers they also look after the spiritual needs of the people of Sagauli and Raxaul.
In Sagauli the Sisters of the Sacred Heart have a small school and are very much involved in the care of disabled people. In Raxaul the Sisters of Notre Dame have a school and they are very much involved in social work, especially among women. In the Sisters of Our Lady of the Missions came to Narkatiaganj and began work with the people in the nearby villages. Mass was offered by the priest from Chanpatia.
Joachim Osta purchased land in Narkatiaganj and a church cum residence was built and a priest was assigned to reside there. The Church is dedicated to St. In the sisters opened a formal school which now has classes from Class KG to class seven. Not far from Narkatiaganj in Gaunaha the Jesuits have a school cum hostel for poor children from the neighbouring villages. Church of the Mother of God Established: The mission was started as an intermediate station between Bettiah and Somesar.
Somesar was closed after Fr. Louis Peter Paul Sah took up residence there and from that time there has been a resident priest in Ramnagar. Since the sisters of the Congregation of the Immaculate Conception have been working in Ramnagar. A small group of lay missionaries live in St. They also assist the parish priest in his pastoral work. In the Capuchin priest at Bettiah bought one hundred and fifty-five bighas of land from a landowner in Rampur who had borrowed a large sum of money from the priest and was unable to repay it.
Despite the unhealthy natural surroundings priests continued to live there and help the people. The longest tenure of a pastor was that of Fr. He developed the mission, gave shelter to many orphans and rebuilt the church. The Sisters of the Sacred Heart have a dispensary in the mission compound and are in charge of the school which has developed from a small middle school into a high school.
Siwan — , Bihar Tel: For two years he led a wandering life but in he bought property outside Siwan town and built a small residence cum chapel which still serves the Catholics of the area. He got the help of sisters of four congregations and put the school and dispensary on a strong foundation and began the mission in Gopalganj. For many years the Mission Sisters of Ajmer collaborated with the parish priest by working in the school and dispensary. Because of the needs of their congregation they withdrew and on March 30, the Ursuline Sisters of Tildonk OSU came to take their place and continue the same work.
The territory of the Diocese of Bhadravathi comprises the civil district of Shimoga in Karnataka State. A major part of Shimoga lies in the Malnad hill land region of the Western Ghats, a region known for its green forests, plentiful rainfall, beautiful waterfalls, and source of many rivers that flow in Karnataka. The history of the new diocese should be traced back to the migration of a group of Syro-Malabar Catholics from Kerala to Karnataka immediately after the World War II in search of land and they found Shimoga and the surrounding districts very conducive to their agricultural practices.
They slowly tried to settle down as small groups in different parts of Shimoga. These migrant families were under the pastoral care of the Diocese of Mananthavady in Kerala. Due to the geographical distance from the diocesan centre and the cultural and linguistic differences it was almost impossible for the diocesan authorities to take care of the pastoral needs of the migrants. Hence Mar Jacob Thoomkuzhy, then bishop of Mananthavady entrusted the Missionary Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament to take care of the spiritual and pastoral needs of these people.
The first bishop of the diocese Mar Joseph Arumachadath was consecrated and the new diocese was inaugurated on 25th October Urban McGarry, tor, was appointed on January 25, The present diocese is formed out the south-eastern portion of the Patna diocese and it comprises the district of Bhagalpur, Godda district of the Santhal Pargans Divisions, Deoghar and Sarawan thanas of the Santhal Parganas Division.
Within a short time of their arrival, the TOR Fathers recruited local vocations and a novitiate was started. A further step forward was taken when a Franciscan Monastery clericate at Ranchi was established to further the training of Religious Clerics. A Minor Seminary now Regional Seminary was opened in at Bhagalpur where the Franciscan and Diocesan candidates were being trained in the seminary. Twenty religious congregations of Sisters share a great burden in the apostolic educational and medical activities of the diocese.
Shortly after the part of the Giridih district, formerly of Ranchi Archdiocese, was likewise annexed to the Diocese of Bhagalpur. In , the parishes of Sokho and Kharagpur, formerly of Patna diocese were handed over to the Bhagalpur diocese. In Bhopal was officially a part of Agra Vicariate.
It was Bp Hartmann ofm. Cap, who is in a very real sense the founder of the Church of Bhopal. In he acquired a plot of land from the Muslim ruler of Bhopal and built the first little church, which, in became the Cathedral of the newly erected Archdiocese of Bhopal. In the Diocese of Allahabad was formed and Bhopal was then attached to this new diocese.
In the capital of the state of Madhya Pradesh was shifted from Nagpur to Bhopal and this necessitated the creation of the new Archdiocese of Bhopal. After steering the life of the Church in Madhya Pradesh for 30 years through the Archdiocese of Bhopal, Archbishop Eugene laid down his office and handed over to Bp Pascal Topno, sj, of Ambikapur, who was promoted as Archbishop of Bhopal on May 20, The area comprising the diocese was culled out from the Diocese of Meerut. It consists of the district of Bijnor, except Dhampur division, and the five hill districts of Pauri-Garhwal, Rudraprayag, Tehri, Chamoli, Uttarkashi and a portion of the district of Haridwar.
Bp Gratian Muddadan, cmi, was nominated as its first Apostolic Exarch. During - many churches of the diocese were established: Among the Fathers of this period, two names stand out: Titular Bishops who received directly from the Holy See jurisdiction to work in certain regions assigned to them within the somewhat indeterminate boundaries of existing "Padroado" dioceses. It finally came to comprise the whole of the Moghul Empire at least on paper; hence it was also referred to as the Vicariate of the Great Moghul. From the end of the 17th century, this Vicariate was served by the Carmelite Fathers, whose head quarter was at Surat, north of Bombay.
It was probably in that the Jesuit care-taker of the Parel property was expelled from Bombay. That ended the Jesuit presence on the island - till - a full one and a half centuries later. On the other hand they did not want to openly break the solemn promise they had made when they took over Bombay from the Portuguese: Since the British were determined on getting rid of the Portuguese Franciscans, Rome approved the entry of the Carmelites into Bombay. The churches taken over by the Carmelites were four in number: Dom Miguel, to whom the Religious Orders lent moral and financial support, was defeated, and the new government not only suppressed all Religious Orders in Portugal but also broke off diplomatic relations with the Holy See in The authorities in Goa rejected the Papal Brief: The Padroado party, clergy and laity, escorted him to Gloria Church in a triumphant procession.
The Archbishop's behaviour threw the whole of Bombay into a ferment. Rather than cross swords with them, Bishop Hartmann encouraged the starting of the Bombay Catholic Standard, under the editorship of another Irishman. Soon, disappointed with that paper as well, the Bishop approached a certain Mr Borges, a son of the soil, who in July had, on his own initiative, started a monthly publication, The Examiner.
Three months later in September , with Mr Borges' consent The Examiner became the ecclesiastical organ of the Vicariate under the Bishop's control and management, but another title, The Bombay Catholic Examiner. By , the other two publications folded up while The Bombay Catholic Examiner kept on going. In April , its title was shortened once again to The Examiner. Hardly had Bishop Hartmann come from Patna to Bombay than he found himself in the middle of the bitter Padroado-Propaganda conflict. The Vicar of the Church set into motion a series of events which ended in June with Salvacao Church transferring itself to the jurisdiction of the Archbishop of Goa.
He stopped at Bombay and officiated in the churches of Gloria and Cavel, then he passed on to Salsette where he said Mass and conferred the sacraments at Kurla, Thane and Bandra. Sharing in the rebellious conduct of the Bishop were four Bombay priests: The Papal Brief of May 9, , Probe Nostis, completely vindicated the rights of Bishop Hartmann and confirmed his claim to the exclusive exercise of jurisdiction in the islands of Bombay and Salsette.
It also condemned unreservedly the behaviour of Bishop da Matta and the four Bombay priests. In point of fact, however, his jurisdiction continued to be ignored by the adherents of Padroado: The year is also noteworthy in that it marks the success of Bishop Hartmann's efforts towards founding a Catholic College in the Vicariate. Aware of what he called "the complete want of educational institutions for youth'', he first invited in , the Sisters of Jesus and Mary to take over the education of girls in Bombay.
This was the very first Religious Congregation for Women to really begin work in the Vicariate. Bishop Hartmann then turned his attention to a College which he considered would be the foundation stone of the social, intellectual and moral renewal of the Bombay Catholic Community. He laboured heart and soul to bring the Jesuits to Bombay for this purpose; his labours were rewarded when, by the end of , there were four Jesuits in the Vicariate of Bombay among them Fr Walter Steins and Fr James Peniston.
On December 12, the Carmelite General informed Propaganda that the Carmelite Fathers had decided to give up the administration of the Bombay Mission. The Holy See accepted their resignation and thus ended, after a period of years , the Carmelite administration of the Vicariate of Bombay. On August 13, Propaganda reversed the arrangement: When squabbles arose between the Jesuits and the Capuchins over the comparatively small financial resources of the erstwhile Vicariate of Bombay, the Superior General of the Capuchin Order decided to clear the foul air by completely withdrawing the Capuchin Fathers from the Bombay and Poona Missions.
Since the two Portuguese Jesuit Missionaries, Cabral and Cacella had travelled through Brahmaputra on their way to Tibet in , many missionaries had passed through the present territory of the Diocese of Bongaigaon. However, the first to take up residence in the present diocese area were the Salesian Fathers Archimede Piannazzi and L. Rocca, who were appointed to work among Garos. In they took up residence at Dhubri and used it as a base for their apostolate in the Garo Hills as Catholics were denied permission to work in that area.
On September 8th, Mgr. Rocca were told to go there from Dhubri and a decision was taken to shift the centre from Dhubri to Barpeta Road which was more central. Louis Mathias with Fr. Rocca visited Barpeta Road on February 20, and entrusted Mr. Andrews, the responsibility to purchase a plot of land for the purpose of establishing a mission centre. On May 23, a plot of land was acquired for the mission and on June 3, , Mgr.
Mathias declared the new mission opened and Fr. Scuderi was given the charge to look after the mission from Guwahati. A priest began to reside at Barpeta Road in At that time its territory covered the whole area of the present diocese and more. It covers the surface area of 13, sq. There are 34 parishes, 37 Diocesan priests,48 Religious Priests, 10 Brothers and Women religious. Catholic population is mainly tribals.
Bodos, Santhals, Adivasis, Garos, and Rabhas are the major groups. The Diocese of Bongaigaon runs 52 educational institutions at primary level, 6 at secondary level, 1 at tertiary level. In the field of health care the diocese runs 16 dispensaries at primary level and 1 hospital at secondary level. Besides the diocese runs 60 boarding houses for boys and girls and has a social service department — BGSS — which takes care of the developmental works in the diocese.
Within the territory of the diocese there are some important historical places. The Koch dynasty had its origin at Chikna Mountains. The beginning of the Koch dynasty can be traced to Hariya Mandal a Mech chief, who married two sisters Hira and Jira, the daughters of Hajo, a Koch chief.
Kajigaon, the birthplace of Kalicharan Brahma is also in the parish of Basbari. Kalicharan Brahma , originally Kalicharan Mech, was a 20th-century social and religious reformer of Bodo society. These Satras bear the testimony of the great Assamese reformer, saint, scholar and cultural exponent Srimanta Sankardeva and his able disciple Shri Shri Madhabdeva who arrived from Upper Assam back in the 16th century to lay down strong foundation of Assamese Culture in the region through his socio-religious Vaishnava-reform movement.
With the advent of Shrimanta Sankardeva Barpeta region turned into a place of great religious importance. Large number of Satras was established by the disciples of this great Vaishnava saint. This reform movement left a historic legacy. The Barpeta Satra and various other Satras scattered around the district attract devotees from every nook and corner of Assam, particularly during festivals and anniversaries.
On the north the diocese is bounded by the kingdom of Bhutan. There are 18 passages or gateways through which the Bhutanese people can communicate with the people living in the plains. These Dooars belonged to the Koch Kingdom; and taking advantage of the weakness of the Koch kingdom in subsequent times, Bhutan took possession of the Dooars. This region was controlled by the kingdom of Bhutan when the British annexed it in after the Bhutan War under the command of Captain Hedayat Ali. This region is divided by the Sankosh river into the Eastern and the Western Dooars, consisting of an area of 8, km 3, sq mi.
Again in the year , the name was changed to Jalpaiguri District. After the end of the British rule in India in , the Dooars acceded into the dominion of India and it merged with the Union of India shortly afterwards in They are Gangadhar, Ai and Beky. On the south, the diocese is bounded the Rangpur division of Bangladesh.
On the 20th of August , Bishop Thomas Pulloppillil was ordained as the first Bishop of the newly erected diocese of Bongaigaon. The creation of the new Diocese of Buxar was announced on Monday, 12th December , to be bifurcated from the western part of Patna Archdiocese in the state of Bihar. The Diocese was officially inaugurated on March 25, , with the ordination and installation of Rev. He was ordained and installed as bishop of Buxar on June 21, The Archdiocese of Calcutta covers the greater part of West Bengal. The First Christian settlements in Bengal appear at the end of the 16th century round the Church of Bandel on the Hooghly.
At Calcutta the first Catholic Chapel is dated from In , at the request of Msgr. In , the Vicariate Apostolic became the Archdiocese of Calcutta. Calicut diocese came into existence on 12th June People of different culture, language and heredity, the descendants of Europeans, Portuguese, Dutch, French and British, Anglo- Indians, Konkani speaking settlers from Goa and Mangalore, Tamilians who came in seeking job opportunities, Tribals who were converted to Christianity, Dalit Christians, natives of the place, orthodox Christians who were accepted into the Catholic fold, Marthomites, Protestants and Latin Catholics who came from other dioceses belonged to this diocese.
The period from saw the immigration of Syrian Catholics from Travancore and they settled down along the high ranges of the western ghats and its vallies along the Malabar area. They were welcomed and looked after by the Diocese of Calicut till the formation of the Diocese of Tellicherry in the year The Diocesan priests and the Jesuit fathers in Calicut Diocese rendered valuable and whole hearted support to these Syrian Catholics to acquire land at low costs and saw to their all around development in spiritual, social, educational, cultural and financial conditions.
Health care and free medical facilities were made available to these people who were attacked by malaria and other contagious diseases. In the fields of education, culture, social commitment and inter-religious dialogue Calicut Diocese holds high influence in the city of Calicut, the cultural centre and capital of North Kerala. Though the Diocese was erected as the 25th Diocese in India, and has completed just 81 years Catholic Church in Malabar has a long history of about years.
There are no evidences to show that a catholic community lived in North Malabar before that. There was with him Rev. It was recorded by a Co-traveller Alvaro Wehoe, in his diary. The historians like Fr. De Feroli had pointed out that the First missionary of Malabar Rev. Covilam died on July 31st The Zamorin then reigning in Kozhikode gave permission to the Portuguese to build store houses along the shore and also allowed the missionaries to have evangelization in his territory. He was the first converted Catholic in Malabar. On 16th December about fifty 50 Portuguese men were got killed in a clash between the Portuguese and the Zamorins and their store house were destroyed.
During this fight Rev. Gasper, Pedro Netto and the Masse were killed. In the year The Raja of Kolathiri Kannur gave them a warm reception and permitted the four missionaries who were in the group to do the work of evangelizaiton there. The records show that in the year four bishops of the Eastern Syrian Church who came along with the Portuguese from Persia offered sacrifices in this chapel.
Angelo Fort in Kannur and along with it he got ready St. James Chapel inside the fort in the year There were three hundred and forty four Catholics in Kannur in the year It was found recorded among the Archeological collection preserved in the Palace of Lisbon. In the year Alphonse -de- Albuqarque built a godown and a chapel on the shore of the Kallai river in Calicut.
The vicar of this church was Rev. Vettathuraja of Tanur gave permission to build a church at Chaliam. It was the Franciscans, Dominicans and Augustinian religious Priests who served in Malabar are during the 16th Century. Januarius was made its Apostolic Exarch. Januarius was appointed its first bishop. On 28 March Bishop Januarius was called to his eternal rest. In the year the civil district of Adilabad was bifurcated from the Diocese of Chanda and the new Diocese of Adilabad was established.
On 24 October Bp. The Apostolic Church of St. Thomas Christians has its origin from St. Thomas, the Apostle who arrived on the Kerala coast in A. The Metropolitan of "The See of St. Thomas" was "Metropolitan and Gate of all India". In the course of history this Church entered into hierarchical relationship with the East Syrian Church and became an autonomous Metropolitan See under the East Syrian Patriarch in communion with the Apostolic See of Rome. The " Archdeacon of all India" did the administration. The Portuguese Fathers who arrived in the 15th century could not tolerate the liturgical traditions and the mode of governance of this church.
They latinized the ancient liturgical texts.
A section of the community broke away from the Western supremacy in They constitute the present Malankara Orthodox Churches. We are the descendants of those who stayed back, maintaining loyalty to the Apostolic See of Rome. The Archdiocese of Changanacherry is one of the first two Vicariates and the second Metropolitan Archdiocese of the Syro - Malabar Church, after the establishment of the Syro - Malabar hierarchy, which was the prelude to the restoration of the identity of our Church in as Sui Juris Church, thanks to the untiring efforts of our forefathers.
The same Pope reorganized the existing Vicariates by the Bull "Quae Rei Sacrae" dated July 28, establishing a new vicariate, Ernakulam, with territories carved out from the two existing Vicariates Pallippuram, Edappaly and Arakuzha divisions from Kottayam Vicariate. The Vicariate of Kottayam was renamed Changanacherry, since this town had been the centre of Catholic activity, for e.
Indigenous bishops were appointed Vicars Apostolic to the new Sees. The Holy See being very much pleased with the wonderful progress achieved by the Syro - Malabarians, extended the hitherto held boundaries of Changanacherry to the areas south of river Pumba, upto including Kanyakumari, by the Bull "Multorum Fidelium" of Pope Pius XII, dated April 29, The formal inauguration of the new diocese of Thuckalay and the Episcopal Ordination of Mar George Alenchery as its first Bishop took place on February 2, In the Church work of five civil districts of the Archdiocese of Agra in the State of Uttar Pradesh was taken up completely by the Archdiocese of Changanacherry.
It is entrusted to the Diocesan Clergy. The district of Shimoga was detached from the Diocese of Chikmagalur in January, , to form part of the newly erected Diocese of Shimoga. The Diocese of Chingleput is made out of the entire civil district of Kancheepuram in the State of Tamilnadu. Neethinathan, was appointed as the first Bishop of Chingleput. Originally Chingleput diocese was making the southern stretch of the Archdiocese of Madras — Mylapore.
The preliminary preparations for the carving out of the new diocesan territory was initiated since by Most Rev. The bifurcation became a reality during the tenure of Most Rev. The diocese of Chingleput comprises of the entire civil district of Kancheepuram in the state of Tamilnadu. As its boundary, the diocese of Chingleput has bay of Bengal in the east, Kancheepuram, the temple city in the west, Chennai, the metropolitan city in the north and Pondicherry, the Union Territory in the south.
It has the historically renowned hill shrine of St. Initially the new diocese comprised of 64 parishes with 51 diocesan priests; 30 religious priests and 67 religious congregations. This comprehensive sample of Mochica iconography is effectively supplemented with short text captions from the author to introduce modern audiences to the celestial players, bloody rituals, beasts of darkness, and epic battles of Peruvian mythology.
This is actuall This fairly hard-to-find picture book reads like an ancient comic book by reconstructing the Mochica tale of the clash among the heavenly gods. This is actually the second volume of the story of the gods of Sipan, but unfortunately "Volume I: Las aventuras del dios Quismique y su ayudante Murrup" is no longer available in Peruvian bookstores. Gypsy rated it it was amazing Apr 28, Paul rated it it was amazing Aug 29, Gustavo Boada rated it it was amazing Oct 10, Lecturas Encontradas rated it it was amazing Mar 07, Gerardo Luis added it Oct 30, Ulrich Knaup marked it as to-read Oct 28, Facundo Herrera marked it as to-read Nov 23, Cristina Bubab marked it as to-read Aug 25, Karla Baldeon marked it as to-read Jul 19, Bernard de Bats [13] — Anesanche de Toujouse [14] — Garsias de Fau — 15 November Dauphin de Marquefave Bernard —end May Jean de Montaut 4 June — Robert Waldeby , O.
Maurice Usk , O. Bernard de Brun , O. Roger de Castelbon appointed by Martin V [16] — Pierre de Gachefret 16 January to 30 July Louis d'Albret Administrator, —; then Bishop [17] — Tristan d'Aure Bishop of Couserans , — [18] — Pierre de Foix — Mathieu de Nargassie 15 February — Antoine du Monastey — 22 December Charles de Gramont 9 March — 6 February Gabriel de Saluces — Jacques de Saint-Julien —4 September Christophe de Foix-Candale —5 February Armand Bazin de Bezons — Playcard or Playcourt de Raigecourt [22] — Revision critique," Jean Cabanot, ed.
Jean Cabanot; Georges Pon Une abbaye au coeur de la Gascogne: Saint-Sever in French.