Charism	Contemplata aliis tradere (Sharing with others the fruits of contemplation)
Founders	St. Kuriakose Elias Chavara, Fr. Thomas Palackal, Fr. Thomas Porukara
Founded	11 May 1831
Superior General	Dr. Paul Achandy CMI
Generalate	CMI Prior General?s House Chavara Hills, P.B. No. 3105, Kakkanad P.O., Cochin - 682 030 0484 / 4070015, 4070016 Fax : 0484 - 4070011 E-mail : cmigeneralate@dataone.in Web: www.cmi.in
Provincial Superior	Fr. Justin Akkara CMI
Province House	CMI St. Paul’s Province 59 Govind Garden, Bhopal – 462 023 Madhya Pradesh, India Phone: 0755 - 4262472

Houses in the Diocese

Place	Name	Established	Contact Number
Sagar	Carmel Ashram	1971	07582 – 289232
Silwani	Pushpa Bhavan	1978	07484 – 240553
Guna	Christ Home	1979	07542 – 226434
Guna	Christ School	1980	074542 – 226434
Bamhori	Seva Sadan	1981
Pratapgarh	Pradeep Bhavan	1982
Sagar	Vinayalaya	1983
Tada	Guru Nivas	1987	07585 – 224645
Bamhori	Bishop’s Clemens School	2006
Aron	St. Chavara Mission	2015