Diocese of Shimoga
Shimogaën(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Shimoga, India
Latin-rite diocese in Karnataka, India, erected 14 November 1988 from the Archdiocese of Bangalore and the Diocese of Chikmagalur. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Bangalore, seated at Sacred Heart Cathedral in Shimoga; the see is vacant as of 2025.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 14 November 1988
- Latin
- Shimogaën(sis)
- Patron
- Sacred Heart of Jesus
- Annuario code
- 001003045
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 21,006
- Population
- 7,822,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 0.3%
- Priests
- 88
- Catholics per priest
- 239
- Extent
- 21,405 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 1.0
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
The register holds no ordinary for this see. Where a chair is vacant the vacancy is the fact, and it is recorded rather than filled in. See the bishop.
The cathedral
Sacred Heart Cathedral, Shimoga stands in Shimoga, 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 MysoreMysore
- Diocese of UdupiUdupi
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Shimoga is the episcopal see of this Latin Church diocese in India (Latin: Shimogaen(sis)). It belongs, as a suffragan, to the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Bangalore.
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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.