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Diocese of Mangalore
Dioecesis MangalorensisLocation Country India Metropolitan Bangalore Statistics Area 9,425 km2 (3,639 sq mi) Population
- Total
- Catholics(as of 2004)
3,957,071
360,000 (8.8%)Information Rite Latin Rite Cathedral Our Lady of the Holy Rosary Cathedral Current leadership Bishop Aloysius Paul D'Souza The Roman Catholic Diocese of Mangalore (Latin: Mangaloren(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Mangalore in the Ecclesiastical province of Bangalore in India.
The diocese falls on the southwestern coast of India. At present, it comprises the whole civil districts of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi in Karnataka state, and Kasaragod taluk of Kerala state. This region was collectively referred as South Canara during the British regime, prior to the States Reorganisation Act (1956).[1]
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History
- 1853: Established as the Apostolic Vicariate of Mangalore from the Apostolic Vicariate of Verapoly
- 1 September 1886: Promoted as Diocese of Mangalore
Leadership
- Bishops of Mangalore (Latin Rite)
- Bishop Aloysius Paul D’Souza (8 November 1996 – present)
- Bishop Basil Salvadore D’Souza (22 March 1965 – 5 September 1996)
- Bishop Raymond D’Mello (5 February 1959 – 21 April 1964)
- Bishop Basil Salvador Theodore Peres (4 January 1956 – 24 April 1958)
- Bishop Vittore Rosario Fernandes (16 May 1931 – 4 January 1956)
- Bishop Valeriano Giuseppe de Souza (1928 – 14 August 1930)
- Bishop Paolo Charles Perini, S.J. (Apostolic Administrator 1923 – 1928)
- Bishop Paolo Charles Perini, S.J. (17 August 1910 – 12 June 1923)
- Bishop Abbondio Cavadini, S.J. (26 November 1895 – 26 March 1910)
- Vicars Apostolic of Mangalore (Latin Rite)
- Bishop Ephrem-Edouard-Lucien-Théoponte Garrelon, O. Carm. (3 June 1870 – 11 April 1873)
Schools and colleges
Infant Jesus Higher Primary School is a primary school in Mangalore. The school was built in 1948 by Albert V. D'Souza to accompany a new church in the Diocese of Mangalore.[2] It was affected by the 2008 attacks on Christians in southern Karnataka in September 2008. Infant Jesus Higher Primary School is one of the institutions of the Apostolic Carmel Society.[3]
Notes
- ^ Statistics - Diocese of Mangalore
- ^ Konkani World
- ^ Carmelded.org
References
Categories:- Roman Catholic dioceses in India
- Religious organizations established in 1853
- Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 19th century
- Christianity in Mangalore
- Indian Roman Catholic diocese stubs
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