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.
- Sacred Heart ChurchHuttiView parish
- Sacred Heart ChurchMudgalView parish
- Sahaya Mathe ChurchDevdurgaView parish
- St Alphonsa ChurchShakthinagarView parish
- St Anthonys ShrineBandihattiView parish
- St Antony's ChurchChickahesarurView parish
- St Clare of Assisi ChurchPothnalView parish
- St Francis Assisi ChurchJawalgeraView parish
- St Francis De Sales ChurchKoppalView parish
- St Francis De Sales ChurchKukkanoorView parish
- St Francis Xavier ChurchRaichurView parish
- St John's ChurchMaskiView parish
- St Joseph the Worker ChurchJawalgera FarmView parish
- St Joseph's ChurchTungabhadra DamView parish
- St Mary's ChurchYelburgaView parish
- St Mary's ChurchManviView parish
- St Michael ChurchKudligiView parish
- St Mother Teresa ChurchSirigeriView parish
- St Paul's MissionSiriwaraView parish
- St Peter's ChurchJagir PannurView parish
- St Peter's ChurchLaxminagarView parish
- St Teresa of Child JesusDidigiView 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.