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Suffragan diocese Belgaum, India

Diocese of Belgaum

Belgaumen(sis)

Latin rite diocese in Karnataka, India, erected on 19 September 1953 by the bull Summa illa Sollicitudo from territories of the Archdiocese of Goa and the Diocese of Pune. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Bangalore, with the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Family Rosary of Fatima in Belgaum as its seat.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Cathedral of Our Lady of the Family Rosary of Fatima, Belgaum, in Belgaum, India.

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Established
1953
Catholics
30,512
Priests
163
Territory
33,747 km²

Parishes and churches

62 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Bishop
Derek Fernandes
Born
14 May 1954
Birthplace
Sirsi

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The cathedral

Cathedral of Our Lady of the Family Rosary of Fatima, Belgaum stands in Belgaum, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.

History

Within India's ecclesiastical province of Bangalore, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Belgaum (Latin: Belgaumen(sis)) has its seat in the city of Belgaum.