Roman Catholic Diocese of Bellary
![]() | This article includes a list of general references, but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations. (July 2020) |
Diocese of Bellary Dioecesis Bellaryensis | |
---|---|
Location | |
Country | ![]() |
Ecclesiastical province | Bangalore |
Statistics | |
Area | 24,973 km2 (9,642 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2014) 6,172,289 30,718 (0.6%) |
Parishes | 47 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Cathedral | St Anthony’s Cathedral in Bellary |
Patron saint | St Anthony of Padua |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Henry D'Souza |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Peter Machado |
Map | |
![]() | |
Website | |
Website of the Diocese |
The Diocese of Bellary (Latin: Bellaryen(sis)) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in India. Its episcopal see is Bellary. The diocese is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Bangalore.
History
[edit]- 15 June 1928: Established as Mission “sui iuris” of Bellary from the Diocese of Hyderabad and Archdiocese of Madras
- 10 March 1949: Promoted as Diocese of Bellary
Ordinaries
[edit]- Ecclesiastical superiors
- Fr. John Forest Hogan, O.F.M. (later Bishop) (1934 – 10 March 1949)
- Fr. Ernesto Reilly, O.F.M. (1928 – 1934)
- Bishops
- Bishop Henry D’Souza (15 March 2008 – present)
- Archbishop Bernard Blasius Moras (Apostolic Administrator 18 November 2006 – 15 March 2008)
- Bishop Joseph D’Silva (6 October 1992 – 17 November 2006)
- Bishop Ambrose Papaiah Yeddanapalli, O.F.M. (10 December 1963 – 1992)
- Bishop John Forest Hogan, O.F.M. (10 March 1949 – 23 September 1962)
Saints and causes for canonisation
[edit]- Servant of God Msgr. Francis Xavier Kroot, MHM[1]
References
[edit]- ^ "Saints & Blessed – CCBI". Retrieved 17 October 2019.
15°08′25″N 76°53′57″E / 15.1403°N 76.8992°E