Diocese of Mysore
Mysurien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Mysore, India
Latin-rite diocese in Karnataka, India, begun as a pro-vicariate in 1845, made an apostolic vicariate in 1850, and erected a diocese on 1 September 1886. A suffragan of the Archdiocese of Bangalore, its seat is St. Philomena's Cathedral in Mysore, serving about 117,790 Catholics (2022) across 80 parishes.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1 September 1886
- Latin
- Mysurien(sis)
- Patron
- St. Joseph
- Annuario code
- 001002328
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 117,790
- Population
- 16,285,570
- Catholic share
- 0.7%
- Priests
- 216
- Catholics per priest
- 545
- Extent
- 21,051 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 5.6
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
- Francis Serrao
- Born
- 15 August 1959
- Birthplace
- Moodbidri
- Institute
- COMPAGNIA DI GESÙ (GESUITI)
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
St. Philomena's Cathedral, Mysore stands in Mysore, 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 Archdiocese of Bangalore.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of BangaloreBangalore
- Diocese of BelgaumBelgaum
- Diocese of BellaryBellary
- Diocese of ChikmagalurChikmagalur
- Diocese of GulbargaGulbarga
- Diocese of KarwarKarwar
- Diocese of MangaloreMangalore
- 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].