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Etawah Mission (1 May, 1975)
| Website | www.etawahmission.org |
| etawahmission1975@gmail.com | |
| Heavenly Patron | St. Thomas |
| Established | 1975 May 1 |
| Priests | 21 |
| Seminarians | 16 |
| Area | 11360 sq.km |
| Sisters | 38 |
| Total Population | 58.82 Lakh |
| Convents | 14 |
| Catholic Population | 1000 |
| Minor Seminary | 1 |
| Churches & Chapels | 15 |
| Senior Secondary Schools | 9 |
| Other Schools | 3 |
| Mission Superior | Contact |
| Rev. Fr. Thomas Ezhikad | 94118 65219, 93687 08519 |
Etawah Mission, formerly known as the Agra Mission, is the north Indian missionary outreach of the Archeparchy of Changanacherry. Founded in 1975 Etawah Mission was a response to a long cherished desire of the Catholic Church in India expressed in the CBCI meeting of Kolkata that dioceses and religious congregations from South which are rich in vocations may be requested to take up mission territories in North where the missions were facing a shortage of personnel.
As an answer to these twin desires that Most Rev. Dr. Dominic Athaide, then Archbishop of Agra offered the Archeparchy of Changanacherry, territories for mission work. Mar Antony Padiyara, then Archbishop of Changanacherry himself a missionary gladly accepted the invitation and sent his priests and religious to the area entrusted to the Archeparchy.
The areas entrusted to our care were very backward and criminal in nature. The pioneer missionaries felt that education will be a very effective means of evangelization. Consequently the educational apostolate of the mission was developed in the districts of Etawah, Mainpuri, Farrukhabad, Kannauj, Auraiya and Firozabad.
On 9 Oct 2017 Holy Father Pope Francis through "The Letter to the Bishops of India" accorded all India Jurisdiction for the Syro Malabar Church. Consequently the Syro Malabar faithful of Etawah mission became part of the newly formed eparchy of Shamsabad. A contract was solemnly signed on 24 February 2018 at Changanacherry and Very Rev. Dr. James Palackal was appointed Vicar General of Etawah Mission for Shamsabad eparchy.
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Religious Congregations in Etawah Mission
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