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Diocese of Mysore Dioecesis Mysuriensis ಮೈಸೂರು ಧರ್ಮಕ್ಷೇತ್ರ | |
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Location | |
Country | India |
Ecclesiastical province | Bangalore |
Metropolitan | Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bangalore |
Headquarters | Mysore |
Statistics | |
Area | 21,051 km2 (8,128 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2022) 16,285,570 117,790 (0.7%) |
Parishes | 80 |
Information | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Rite | Latin Rite |
Cathedral | Cathedral of St Philomena in Mysore |
Patron saint | St. Joseph |
Language | Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, Konkani, English |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | sede vacante |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Peter Machado |
Apostolic Administrator | Bernard Moras |
Bishops emeritus | Thomas Antony Vazhapilly, Kannikadass William Antony |
Map | |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Mysore (Latin : Mysurien(sis)) is a suffragan Latin diocese, in the ecclesiastical province of Bangalore in southern India, yet depends on the missionary Dicastery for Evangelization. Its cathedral episcopal see is St. Philomena's Cathedral in the city of Mysore in Karnataka.
As per 2014, it pastorally served 105,113 Catholics (1.0% of 10,056,000 total) on 21,051 km2 in 77 parishes with 157 priests (114 diocesan, 43 religious), 1,224 lay religious (309 brothers, 915 sisters) and 19 seminarians. [1]
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