Prince is Adilabad Bishop

Prince Antony

Father Antony Prince Panengadan was appointed the new bishop of the Adilabad Diocese and was consecrated at the Bishop’ house in Mancherial.

The appointment was announced by the Pope Francis on August 6 at Vatican and simultaneously by the major Archbishop George Cardinal Alencherry at the Major Archiepiscopl Curia, Mount St. Thomas, at the Bishops Joseph Kunnath presented the newly appointed B ishop with the Sash, Pectoral Cross and the rind.

Bishop Panengadan was born on May 13, 1976, at St. Antony’s Parish, Arimpoor in the Archeparchy of Trichur in Kerala. Having done his initial seminary formation in the CMI Congregation, he joined the mission eparchy of Adilabad. He had his philosophical and theological formation at Dharmaram, Bengaluru and Ruhalaya seminary Ujjaian.

He was ordained as a priest on April, 25, 2007, having served at the Adilaba Cathedral Church as assistant parish priest and at Saligaon Parish as its priest. He holds a doctorate in Biblical Urbanian University, Rome.

At the time of his appointment, he was serving the eparchy as its Proto- Syncellus and the Catherdram Vicar. Adilabad is one of the 13 Telugu Catholic dioceses and belongs to the Syro Malbar Church.

The diocese has a variety of activities especially in the areas of education, social, medical services like hospitals and dispensaries.