Diocese of Chikmagalur
Chikmagaluren(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Chikmagalur, India
The Diocese of Chikmagalur is a Latin rite diocese in Karnataka, India, erected in 1963 and suffragan of the Archdiocese of Bangalore. Its seat is St Joseph's Cathedral in Chikmagalur.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 16 November 1963
- Latin
- Chikmagaluren(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Joseph
- Annuario code
- 001001130
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 36,819
- Population
- 3,014,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 1.2%
- Priests
- 88
- Catholics per priest
- 418
- Extent
- 14,015 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 2.6
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
- Anthony Swamy Thomasappa
- Born
- 9 February 1951
- Birthplace
- Mariannapalaya
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
St Joseph's Cathedral, Chikmagalur stands in Chikmagalur, 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 Bangalore.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of BangaloreBangalore
- Diocese of BelgaumBelgaum
- Diocese of BellaryBellary
- 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
Seated in the city of Chikmagalur in India, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Chikmagalur (Latin: Chikmagaluren(sis)) belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Bangalore.
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The see's own website · Wikipedia
Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.