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Roman Catholic Diocese of Bellary

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Parishes
  
47

Pope
  
Francis

Bishop
  
Henry D'Souza

Patron saint
  
Anthony of Padua

Rite
  
Latin Rite

Area
  
24,973 km²

Country
  
India

Metropolitan archbishop
  
Bernard Moras

Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2014) 6,172,289 30,718 (0.6%)

Cathedral
  
St Anthony’s Cathedral in Bellary

Ecclesiastical province
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bangalore

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Bellary (Latin: Bellaryen(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Bellary in the Ecclesiastical province of Bangalore in India.

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History

  • June 15, 1928: Established as Mission “sui iuris” of Bellary from the Diocese of Hyderabad and Metropolitan Archdiocese of Madras
  • March 10, 1949: Promoted as Diocese of Bellary

    • Leadership

  • Bishops of Bellary (Latin Rite)
  • Bishop Henry D’Souza (March 15, 2008 – present)
  • Archbishop Bernard Blasius Moras (Apostolic Administrator November 18, 2006 – March 15, 2008)
  • Bishop Joseph D’Silva (October 6, 1992 – November 17, 2006)
  • Bishop Ambrose Papaiah Yeddanapalli, O.F.M. (December 10, 1963 – 1992)
  • Bishop John Forest Hogan, O.F.M. (March 10, 1949 – September 23, 1962)
  • Ecclesiastical Superiors of Bellary (Latin Rite)
  • Fr. John Forest Hogan, O.F.M. (later Bishop) (1934 – March 10, 1949)
  • Fr. Ernesto Reilly, O.F.M. (1928 – 1934)

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Bellary Wikipedia
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