Suffragan diocese Shimoga, India
Diocese of Shimoga
Shimogaën(sis)
Latin Church
Latin-rite diocese in Karnataka, India, erected 14 November 1988 from the Archdiocese of Bangalore and the Diocese of Chikmagalur. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Bangalore, seated at Sacred Heart Cathedral in Shimoga; the see is vacant as of 2025.
On the map
Every see on one map: browse the dioceses. Churches with recorded hours: find Mass times.
- Established
- 1988
- Catholics
- 21,006
- Priests
- 88
- Territory
- 21,405 km²
Parishes and churches
38 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Cathedral, ShimogaShimoga · CathedralView parish
- AnandapuramAnandapuramView parish
- Bhadravathi - New TownBhadravathi - New TownView parish
- Bhadravathi - Old TownBhadravathi - Old TownView parish
- Bhadravathi - Paper TownBhadravathi - Paper TownView parish
- Challakere (Mission Centre)ChallakereView parish
- Channagiri (Mission Centre)ChannagiriView parish
- ChitradurgaChitradurgaView parish
- Chitradurga Don Bosco (Mission Centre)Chitradurga Don BoscoView parish
- DavanagereDavanagereView parish
- Davanagere (Syro - Malabar)DavanagereView parish
- Davanagere Don Bosco (Mission Centre)Davanagere Don BoscoView parish
- GopalaGopalaView parish
- Harapanahalli (Mission Centre)HarapanahalliView parish
- HariharHariharView parish
- HiriyurHiriyurView parish
- Holalkere (Mission Centre)HolalkereView parish
- Honnali (Mission Centre)HonnaliView parish
- Hosadurga (Mission Centre)HosadurgaView parish
- HosanagarHosanagarView parish
- Hosudi (Mission Centre)HosudiView parish
- Jagalur (Mission Centre)JagalurView parish
- Jog FallsJog FallsView parish
- KableKableView parish
- KarehalliKarehalliView parish
- Kargal NagarKargal NagarView parish
- Malur (Mission Centre)MalurView parish
- Mavinakare (Mission Centre)MavinakareView parish
- Molakalmuru (Mission Centre)MolakalmuruView parish
- RagiguddaRagiguddaView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
No bishop is recorded for this diocese. See the bishop.
The cathedral
Sacred Heart Cathedral, Shimoga stands in Shimoga, 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
Shimoga is the episcopal see of this Latin Church diocese in India (Latin: Shimogaen(sis)). It belongs, as a suffragan, to the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Bangalore.