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The cathedral of the first diocese in India.

It is believed that Christianity was introduced to India by Thomas the Apostle,
who is said to have reached the Malabar Coast of Kerala in 52 AD.

Christian communities developed and expanded further when
Portuguese missionaries arrived in the 13th and 14th centuries.

History of a few oldest dioceses in India as the cradle of Indian Christianity
can be dated back to the 15th century.

Find out which is the first diocese in India here.

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Diocese of Bhagalpur

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Bishop Kurien Valiakandathil
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Bishop Kurien Valiakandathil
Chancery Office,
Nawab Colony, P.B. No.61,
Bhagalpur Bihar - 812 001- India

Phone: 09431214785; 09801024352; +91 641 2400878 (o); +91 641 22301281 (p)
Fax :+91 641 2301281
Email: [email protected], [email protected]

Bishop Kurien Valiakandathil was born on Nov. 18, 1952, in the Elanjhi parish of Pala Diocese, Kerala state. He was ordained a priest on Oct. 28, 1977, and served as a parish priest for 12 years as well as Professor and Spiritual director at St. John's Regional Seminary before being appointed Bishop of Bhagalpur on Jan. 1, 2007. His episcopal ordination followed on February 27 that year. Prior to this he also was headmaster of St. John Britto High School in Mahesmunda from 1986 to 1997.

Previous Ordinaries:

  • Bishop Thomas Khozimala (1996 - 2005)
  • Bishop George Victor Saupin, S.J. (1987 - 1993)
  • Bishop Urban Eugene McGarry, T.O.R (1965 - 1987)

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