Parishes 24 Parish 24 | Rite Syro-Malabar Rite Area 8,465 km² Established 29 August 2007 | |
Cathedral Pro-Cathedral of St Anthony in Iduvally Major Archbishop Mar George Cardinal Alencherry Population - Total - Catholics (as of 2012); 1,709,000; 9,391 (0.5%) Ecclesiastical province | ||
The Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Bhadravathi was created by Benedict XVI's Papal bull "Cum Ampla" as a suffragan of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Archeparchy of Tellicherry. The territory of the diocese of Bhadravathi thus includes two civil districts of Karnataka State - Shimoga and Chikmagalur.
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