Diocese of Mangalore
| Diocese of Mangalore | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | India |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Bangalore |
| Diocesan bishop | Paul Saldanha |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Aloysius Paul D'Souza |
| founding | 1853 |
| surface | 5,924 km² |
| Parishes | 116 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 3,091,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 259,600 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 8.4% |
| Diocesan priest | 254 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 120 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 694 |
| Friars | 293 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 1,466 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| cathedral | Our Lady of the Holy Rosary Cathedral |
| address | Kodialbail Mangalore-575003, Dakshina Kannada India |
| Website | www.dioceseofmangalore.org |
The Diocese of Mangalore ( lat. : Dioecesis Mangalorensis ) is in India situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Mangalore .
history
The Apostolic Vicariate of Kanara was established in 1674 and ceased to exist in 1700.
The diocese of Mangalore was on May 12, 1845 by Pope Pius IX. as "Apostolic Pro-Vicariate Mangalore" separated from the Apostolic Vicariate Malabar and since then ruled by Bishop Bernardine of St Agnes OCD. When he died in Rome on March 13, 1853, Mangalore was elevated to the position of the regular Apostolic Vicariate just two days later, on March 15, and the Italian Michael Anthony Anfossi was appointed the first Vicar Apostolic.
On September 1, 1886, the Apostolic Vicariate of Mangalore , which had been vacant since 1873, was converted into a diocese, subordinated to the Archdiocese of Bangalore as a suffragan and appointed a diocesan bishop. On June 12, 1923, the Mangalore diocese gave parts of its territory to the establishment of the Calicut diocese , and on July 16, 2012 to establish the Udupi diocese .
territory
The diocese of Mangalore includes the districts of Dakshina Kannada in the state of Karnataka and Kasaragod in the state of Kerala .
Ordinaries of Mangalore
Vicars Apostolic
- Thomas de Castro , 1674-1684
- Bernardine of St Agnes OCarm , 1845-1853
- Michael Anthony Anfossi (Michael Anthony of St. Louis Gonzaga) OCarm , 1853-1870
- Ephrem-Edouard-Lucien-Théoponte Garrelon OCarm , 1870–1873
- Vacancy, 1873-1885
Bishops
- Nicholas Maria Pagani SJ, 1885–1895
- Abbondio Cavadini SJ , 1895-1910
- Paolo Charles Perini SJ, 1910–1923, then Bishop of Calicut
- Valeriano Giuseppe de Souza , 1928–1930
- Vittore Rosario Fernandes , 1931–1956
- Basil Salvador Theodore Peres , 1956–1958
- Raymond D'Mello , 1959–1964, then Bishop of Allahabad
- Basil Salvadore D'Souza , 1965–1996
- Aloysius Paul D'Souza , 1996-2018
- Paul Saldanha , since 2018
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Devadatta Kamath: “The burning bush; A History of the Karnataka Jesuit Province, ” Volume 1, p. 18, 2006; Excerpt from the source