Suffragan diocese Chikmagalur, India
Diocese of Chikmagalur
Chikmagaluren(sis)
Latin Church
The Diocese of Chikmagalur is a Latin rite diocese in Karnataka, India, erected in 1963 and suffragan of the Archdiocese of Bangalore. Its seat is St Joseph's Cathedral in Chikmagalur.
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- Established
- 1963
- Catholics
- 36,819
- Priests
- 88
- Territory
- 14,015 km²
Parishes and churches
47 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- St Ignatius' ChurchGadenahalliMass times recorded
- St John Baptist ChurchLakkavalliView parish
- St John the Evangelist ChurchArehallyView parish
- St Joseph's ChurchBuskullMass times recorded
- St Joseph's ChurchHirebileView parish
- St Joseph's ChurchJosephnagarView parish
- St Jude ChurchKattinamaneView parish
- St Lawrence ChurchMallandurView parish
- St Lawrence ChurchSamseMass times recorded
- St Mary's ChurchArsikereView parish
- St Mary's ChurchMarianagaraView parish
- St Michael ChurchBelurView parish
- St Paul's ChurchKadabagereView parish
- St Rita's ChurchJayapuraView parish
- St Roque's ChurchSantaveriView parish
- St Thomas ChurchTarikereView parish
- St. Peter's ChurchGonibeeduView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Anthony Swamy Thomasappa
- Born
- 9 February 1951
- Birthplace
- Mariannapalaya
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The cathedral
St Joseph's Cathedral, Chikmagalur stands in Chikmagalur, 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
Seated in the city of Chikmagalur in India, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Chikmagalur (Latin: Chikmagaluren(sis)) belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Bangalore.