Roman Catholic Diocese of Mangalore

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Diocese of Mangalore

Dioecesis Mangalorensis

ಮಂಗಳೂರು ಧರ್ಮಕ್ಷೇತ್ರ
Our Lady of Rosary of Mangalore.jpg
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary
Location
Country India
Territory Karnataka
Ecclesiastical province Bangalore
Statistics
Area5,924 km2 (2,287 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2012)
2,978,560
267,343 (9%)
Parishes124
Information
Denomination Catholic Church
Sui iuris church Latin Church
Rite Roman Rite
Established1 September 1886
Cathedral Our Lady of Rosary of Mangalore
Patron saint Saint Joseph
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Peter Paul Saldanha
Metropolitan Archbishop Peter Machado
DeanFr. John Baptist Crasta
Bishops emeritus Aloysius Paul D'Souza
Map
Diocese of Mangalore map 1.png
Map highlighting districts falling under the Mangalore Diocese
Website
dioceseofmangalore.org/
Milagres church in Hampankatta, Mangalore Milagres Hampankatta.jpg
Milagres church in Hampankatta, Mangalore

The Diocese of Mangalore (Latin : Diocesis Mangalorensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church located in the city of Mangalore, India. The diocese is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Bangalore. At present, it comprises the whole civil districts of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi in Karnataka state. The area of the Diocese was collectively referred to as South Canara during the Company rule in India, in the subsequent British India after Direct rule from London commenced & in the early post-independence Bombay state, prior to the States Reorganisation Act (1956). It was established as a separate Apostolic Vicariate from the Apostolic Vicariate of Verapoly in 1853, and was promoted to a diocese on 1 September 1886.

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On Monday, July 16, 2012, it lost territory when Pope Benedict XVI erected the new Roman Catholic Diocese of Udupi (made up of the three civil townships of Udipi, Karkala& Coondapoor), which will also become part of the Province of Bangalore. [1]

Bishops of the Diocese of Mangalore

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Ordinaries

Vicar Apostolics of Mangalore

  • Bishop Ephrem-Edouard-Lucien-Théoponte Garrelon, OCD (3 June 1870 – 11 April 1873)
  • Bishop Michael Antony of St. Louis OCD (1853-1870)
  • Bishop Bernardine of St. Agnes, OCD (1845-1853)
  • Bishop Thomas de Castro (1674-1684)

Auxiliaries

Deaneries

Below are the Deaneries of Mangalore Diocese [3]

Saints and causes for canonisation

See also

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