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Suffragan diocese Gulbarga, India

Diocese of Gulbarga

Gulbargien(sis)

The Diocese of Gulbarga is a Latin rite diocese in northern Karnataka, India, erected on 24 June 2005 and suffragan of the Archdiocese of Bangalore. Its seat is the Cathedral of Mother Mary of Divine Grace in Gulbarga.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Cathedral of Mother Mary of Divine Grace, Gulbarga, in Gulbarga, India.

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Established
2005
Catholics
5,000
Priests
28
Territory
38,752 km²

Parishes and churches

24 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
Robert Miranda

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The cathedral

Cathedral of Mother Mary of Divine Grace, Gulbarga stands in Gulbarga, 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

Created on 24 June 2005 as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Bangalore, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Gulbarga in India counted as the 150th diocese of the country and the 120th of Latin Rite. Rev. Robert Miranda is its first bishop, and the parish church Mother Mary of Divine Grace in Gulbarga will be the cathedral for the diocese. Its 38,752 km² of Karnataka state were drawn from territory previously belonging to the Archdiocese of Hyderabad and the dioceses of Bellary and Belgaum. Of a total population of 7,012,492, some 6,425 are Catholic, organized into 16 parishes.