Diocese of Karwar
Karvaren(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Karwar, India
Latin-rite diocese covering the Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka, India, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Bangalore. Erected 24 January 1976 by Pope Paul VI. Its seat is the Cathedral of the Assumption of Our Lady in Karwar.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 24 January 1976
- Latin
- Karvaren(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Joseph
- Annuario code
- 001001813
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 45,515
- Population
- 1,536,130
- Catholic share
- 3.0%
- Priests
- 137
- Catholics per priest
- 332
- Extent
- 10,277 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 4.4
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Duming Dias
- Born
- 3 September 1969
- Birthplace
- Honnavar
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of the Assumption of Our Lady, Karwar stands in Karwar, 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.
The province of Bangalore
A suffragan of Bangalore.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of BangaloreBangalore
- Diocese of BelgaumBelgaum
- Diocese of BellaryBellary
- Diocese of ChikmagalurChikmagalur
- Diocese of GulbargaGulbarga
- Diocese of MangaloreMangalore
- Diocese of MysoreMysore
- Diocese of ShimogaShimoga
- Diocese of UdupiUdupi
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].