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Diocese immediately subject to the Holy See Udupi, India

Diocese of Udupi

Udupien(sis)

Latin-rite diocese in coastal Karnataka, India, erected in October 2012 from the Diocese of Mangalore. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Bangalore, seated at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Miracles (Milagres) at Kallianpur, Udupi.

On the map

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The address the register holds for Cathedral of Our Lady of Miracles (Milagres), Kallianpur, Udupi, in Udupi, India.

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Established
2012
Catholics
106,149
Priests
116
Territory
3,501 km²

Parishes and churches

50 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Bishop
Leslie Clifford D'Souza
Born
19 August 1962
Birthplace
Yermal

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The cathedral

Cathedral of Our Lady of Miracles (Milagres), Kallianpur, Udupi stands in Udupi, 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

Announced by Pope Benedict XVI on 16 July 2012, the Diocese of Udupi (Latin: Dioecesis Udupiensis) has its seat in the Kallianpur town of Udupi District, Karnataka, India. Its territory takes in six civil talukas: Udupi, Bramavara, Karkala, Kapu, Kundapura and Byndoor, and the diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Bangalore. It now counts 47 parishes. Its newly elevated Cathedral was previously a parish church, the "Church of Our Lady of Miracles" or the Milagres Church: the parish was partitioned from the Mangalore Diocese, and the parish church was raised to the Cathedral of Our Lady of Miracles.