Diocese of Karwar

Karvaren(sis)

Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Karwar, India

Latin-rite diocese covering the Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka, India, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Bangalore. Erected 24 January 1976 by Pope Paul VI. Its seat is the Cathedral of the Assumption of Our Lady in Karwar.

The see

Rank: Suffragan diocese
Tradition: Latin Church
Erected: 24 January 1976
Latin: Karvaren(sis)
Patron: Saint Joseph
Annuario code: 001001813

The see in figures

Catholics: 45,515
Population: 1,536,130
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds: 3.0%
Priests: 137
Catholics per priest: 332
Extent: 10,277 km²
Catholics per km²: 4.4

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: Duming Dias
Born: 3 September 1969
Birthplace: Honnavar

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 the Assumption of Our Lady, Karwar stands in Karwar, 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.

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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.