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Suffragan diocese Shimoga, India

Diocese of Shimoga

Shimogaën(sis)

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

Esri
The address the register holds for Sacred Heart Cathedral, Shimoga, in Shimoga, India.

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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.

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.