Suffragan diocese Belgaum, India
Diocese of Belgaum
Belgaumen(sis)
Latin Church
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.
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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.
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
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.