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Diocese of Gulbarga

Gulbargien(sis)

The Diocese of Gulbarga is a Latin rite diocese in northern Karnataka, India, erected on 24 June 2005 and suffragan of the Archdiocese of Bangalore. Its seat is the Cathedral of Mother Mary of Divine Grace in Gulbarga.

The see

Rank
Suffragan diocese
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
24 June 2005
Latin
Gulbargien(sis)
Patron
Mary Mother of Divine Grace
Annuario code
001001552

The see in figures

Catholics
5,000
Population
6,435,095
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
0.1%
Priests
28
Catholics per priest
179
Extent
38,752 km²
Catholics per km²
0.1

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
Robert Miranda

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 Mother Mary of Divine Grace, Gulbarga stands in Gulbarga, 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:

On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.

History

Created on 24 June 2005 as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Bangalore, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Gulbarga in India counted as the 150th diocese of the country and the 120th of Latin Rite. Rev. Robert Miranda is its first bishop, and the parish church Mother Mary of Divine Grace in Gulbarga will be the cathedral for the diocese. Its 38,752 km² of Karnataka state were drawn from territory previously belonging to the Archdiocese of Hyderabad and the dioceses of Bellary and Belgaum. Of a total population of 7,012,492, some 6,425 are Catholic, organized into 16 parishes.

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Sources

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.