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Diocese of Shimoga Dioecesis Shimogaensis ಶಿವಮೊಗ್ಗ ಧರ್ಮಕ್ಷೇತ್ರ | |
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Location | |
Country | India |
Ecclesiastical province | Bangalore |
Statistics | |
Area | 21,405 km2 (8,265 sq mi) |
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Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Cathedral | Sacred Heart Cathedral in Shimoga |
Patron saint | Sacred Heart of Jesus |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Leo XIV |
Bishop | sede vacante |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Peter Machado |
Map | |
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Website | |
Website of the Diocese |
The Diocese of Shimoga (Latin : Shimogaen(sis)) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church in India. Its episcopal see is Shimoga. The Diocese of Shimoga is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Bangalore.
On 16 July 2012, Gerald Isaac Lobo was appointed as the first bishop of the newly erected Diocese of Udupi and installed on 15 October 2012.
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