Diocese of Chikmagalur
| Diocese of Chikmagalur | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | India |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Bangalore |
| Diocesan bishop | Anthony Swamy Thomasappa |
| founding | 1963 |
| surface | 14,015 km² |
| Parishes | 42 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 2,896,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 31,198 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 1.1% |
| Diocesan priest | 54 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 28 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 380 |
| Friars | 32 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 239 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| cathedral | St. Joseph's Cathedral |
| address | Bishop's Office Jyothinagar Chikmagalur - 577102, Karnataka India |
| Website | http://www.chikmagalurdiocese.com/ |
The Diocese of Chikmagalur ( lat. : Dioecesis Chikmagalurensis ) is in India situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Chikmagalur .
history
The diocese Chikmagalur was on November 16, 1963 by Pope Paul VI. established with the Apostolic Constitution Indicae regionis condicio from cessions of territory of the Diocese of Mysore and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Bangalore as a suffragan . On November 14, 1988, the Diocese of Chikmagalur gave parts of its territory to establish the Diocese of Shimoga .
territory
The diocese of Chikmagalur comprises the districts of Chikmagalur and Hassan in the state of Karnataka .
Bishops of Chikmagalur
- Alphonsus Mathias , 1963–1986, then Archbishop of Bangalore
- John Baptist Sequeira , 1987-2006
- Anthony Swamy Thomasappa , since 2006
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Paul VI: Const. Apost. Indicae regionis condicio , AAS 56 (1964), n.11, p. 666f.