Diocese of Belgaum
Belgaumen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Belgaum, India
Latin rite diocese in Karnataka, India, erected on 19 September 1953 by the bull Summa illa Sollicitudo from territories of the Archdiocese of Goa and the Diocese of Pune. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Bangalore, with the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Family Rosary of Fatima in Belgaum as its seat.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 19 September 1953
- Latin
- Belgaumen(sis)
- Patron
- Our Lady of the Family Rosary of Fatima
- Annuario code
- 001000872
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 30,512
- Population
- 10,736,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 0.3%
- Priests
- 163
- Catholics per priest
- 187
- Extent
- 33,747 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.9
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Derek Fernandes
- Born
- 14 May 1954
- Birthplace
- Sirsi
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Family Rosary of Fatima, Belgaum stands in Belgaum, 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.
The province of Bangalore
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Bangalore.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of BangaloreBangalore
- Diocese of BellaryBellary
- Diocese of ChikmagalurChikmagalur
- Diocese of GulbargaGulbarga
- Diocese of KarwarKarwar
- Diocese of MangaloreMangalore
- Diocese of MysoreMysore
- Diocese of ShimogaShimoga
- Diocese of UdupiUdupi
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Within India's ecclesiastical province of Bangalore, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Belgaum (Latin: Belgaumen(sis)) has its seat in the city of Belgaum.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.