Suffragan diocese Bellary, India
Diocese of Bellary
Bellaryen(sis)
Latin Church
Latin rite diocese in Karnataka, India, begun as a mission in 1928 from the Diocese of Hyderabad and Archdiocese of Madras and promoted to diocese on 10 March 1949. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Bangalore, with St. Anthony's Cathedral in Bellary as its seat. Its patron is St. Anthony of Padua.
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- Established
- 1949
- Catholics
- 30,718
- Priests
- 111
- Territory
- 24,973 km²
Parishes and churches
52 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- St Anthony's CathedralBellary · CathedralView parish
- Arogya Mathe ChurchK M HalliView parish
- Arogya Mathe ChurchAnthargangiView parish
- Ballari Arogya Mathe ShrineBallariView parish
- Christ Jyothi DevalayaSandurView parish
- Christ the King ChurchCantonmentView parish
- Christ the King ChurchKushtagiView parish
- Christ the Redeemer ChurchKurugoduView parish
- Divine Mercy ChurchKartigiView parish
- Holy Cross ChurchSirwarView parish
- Holy Family ChurchSindhanoorView parish
- Holy Spirit ChurchToranagalView parish
- Holy Trinity ChurchKudthiniView parish
- Infant Jesus ChurchHuvina HadagalliView parish
- Infant Jesus ChurchBallari CityView parish
- Infant Jesus ChurchGangavathiView parish
- Infant Jesus ChurchRaichur VidhyanagarView parish
- Jeevan Mukthi MandirHarapurView parish
- Kristha Sharana MandirH B HalliView parish
- Little Flower of Child Jesus ChurchSirguppaView parish
- Mary Help of Christians ChurchKampliView parish
- Our Lady of Fatima ChurchMunirabadView parish
- Our Lady of Fatima ChurchHirenagnoorView parish
- Our Lady of Good HealthBurma CampView parish
- Our Lady of Lourdes ChurchLingasugurView parish
- Our Lady of Mount CarmelGurguntaView parish
- Queen of Angels ChurchKotturuView parish
- Risen Christ ChurchKowtalView parish
- Sacred Heart ChurchFortView parish
- Sacred Heart ChurchHospetView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Henry D'Souza
- Born
- 9 September 1949
- Birthplace
- Kinnigoly
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The cathedral
St. Anthony's Cathedral, Bellary stands in Bellary, 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
With its episcopal see at Bellary, the Diocese of Bellary (Latin: Bellaryen(sis)) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory of the Catholic Church in India, a suffragan within the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Bangalore.