Diocese of Bellary

Dioecesis Bellaryensis
Location
Country India
Ecclesiastical provinceBangalore
Statistics
Area24,973 km2 (9,642 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2014)
6,172,289
30,718 (0.6%)
Parishes47
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
CathedralSt Anthony’s Cathedral in Bellary
Patron saintSt Anthony of Padua
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopHenry D'Souza
Metropolitan ArchbishopPeter Machado
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

Ordinaries

  • 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

  • Servant of God Msgr. Francis Xavier Kroot, MHM[1]  

References

  1. "Saints & Blessed – CCBI". Retrieved 17 October 2019.

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