Diocese of Mysore
Mysurien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Mysore, India
Latin-rite diocese in Karnataka, India, begun as a pro-vicariate in 1845, made an apostolic vicariate in 1850, and erected a diocese on 1 September 1886. A suffragan of the Archdiocese of Bangalore, its seat is St. Philomena's Cathedral in Mysore, serving about 117,790 Catholics (2022) across 80 parishes.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1 September 1886
- Latin
- Mysurien(sis)
- Patron
- St. Joseph
- Annuario code
- 001002328
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 117,790
- Population
- 16,285,570
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 0.7%
- Priests
- 216
- Catholics per priest
- 545
- Extent
- 21,051 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 5.6
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
- Francis Serrao
- Born
- 15 August 1959
- Birthplace
- Moodbidri
- Institute
- COMPAGNIA DI GESÙ (GESUITI)
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. Philomena's Cathedral, Mysore stands in Mysore, 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 BelgaumBelgaum
- Diocese of BellaryBellary
- Diocese of ChikmagalurChikmagalur
- Diocese of GulbargaGulbarga
- Diocese of KarwarKarwar
- Diocese of MangaloreMangalore
- Diocese of ShimogaShimoga
- Diocese of UdupiUdupi
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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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.