Shimoga diocese
| Shimoga diocese | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | India |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Bangalore |
| Diocesan bishop | Francis Serrao SJ |
| founding | 1988 |
| surface | 22,893 km² |
| Parishes | 22 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Residents | 5,645,380 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics | 19,014 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| proportion of | 0.3% |
| Diocesan priest | 46 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious priest | 35 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 235 |
| Friars | 35 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious sisters | 222 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Kannada , English |
| cathedral | Sacred Heart Cathedral |
| Website | http://www.shimogadiocese.org/ |
The diocese of Shimoga ( lat. : Dioecesis Shimogaensis ) is in India situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Shimoga .
history
The Diocese of Shimoga was established on November 14, 1988 by Pope John Paul II with the Apostolic Constitution Id spectantes from cessions of territory from the Archdiocese of Bangalore and the Diocese of Chikmagalur . It was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Bangalore as a suffragan .
territory
The Diocese of Shimoga includes the districts of Shimoga , Chitradurga and Davanagere in the state of Karnataka .
Bishops of Shimoga
- Ignatius Paul Pinto , 1988–1998, then Archbishop of Bangalore
- Gerald Isaac Lobo , 1999–2012, then Bishop of Udupi
- Francis Serrao SJ , since 2014
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ioannes Paulus II: Const. Apost. Id spectantes , AAS 81 (1989), n.4, p. 522f.