Diocese of

Belgaum

India

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Area: 33,747 km²

Population: 22,400 Catholics (0.2% of 10,686,000 total) (2015)

Ecclesiastical Province: Bangalore

Neighbouring Dioceses: Karwar (↙), Sindhudurg (←), Poona (↑), Gulbarga (↗), Bellary (→)

Depends on: Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples

Patron Saint: Our Lady of the Family Rosary of Fatima

Statistics: 69 parishes, 158 priests (76 diocesan, 82 religious), 392 lay religious (118 brothers, 274 sisters), 12 seminarians (2015)

History

1953.09.19: Established as Diocese of Belgaum / Belgaumen(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Goa and Daman and Diocese of Poona)
1976.01.24: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Karwar
2005.06.24: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Gulbarga

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of Our Lady of the Family Rosary of Fatima, Belgaum, Karnataka

Present Prelates

Bishop:

vacant

Ordinaries

Bishops of Belgaum (Roman Rite)

Bishop Peter Machado (64) (later Archbishop)
(2006.02.02 – 2018.03.19)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Bangalore (India)

Christ peace reigns over us

Born:	1954.05.26 (India)
Ordained Priest:	1978.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:	2006.03.30

Bishop of Belgaum (India) (2006.02.02 – 2018.03.19)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Bangalore (India) (2018.03.19 – ...)

Bishop Bernard Blasius Moras (77) (later Archbishop)
(1996.11.30 – 2004.07.22)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Bangalore (India)

In thee we hope–Mary our Mother

Born:	1941.08.10 (India)
Ordained Priest:	1967.12.06
Consecrated Bishop:	1997.02.25

Bishop of Belgaum (India) (1996.11.30 – 2004.07.22)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Bangalore (India) (2004.07.22 – 2018.03.19)

Apostolic Administrator of Bellary (India) (2006.11.18 – 2008.03.15)

Bishop Ignatius P. Lobo
(1967.09.26 – 1994.12.01)

Born:	1919.04.27 (India)
Ordained Priest:	1947.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1968.06.02
Died:	2010.02.17 († 90)

Bishop of Belgaum (India) (1967.09.26 – 1994.12.01)

Bishop Fortunato da Veiga Coutinho
(1964.03.15 – 1967.02.08)

Born:	1920.10.13 (Portugal)
Ordained Priest:	1944.10.26
Consecrated Bishop:	1962.09.03
Died:	1967.02.08 († 46)

Titular Bishop of Sagalassus (1962.07.02 – 1964.03.15)

Coadjutor Bishop of Belgaum (India) (1962.07.02 – 1964.03.15)

Bishop of Belgaum (India) (1964.03.15 – 1967.02.08)

Bishop Michael Rodrigues
(1953.09.19 – 1964.03.15)

Born:	1894.10.19 (India)
Ordained Priest:	1919.12.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1953.11.30
Died:	1964.10.12 († 69)

Bishop of Belgaum (India) (1953.09.19 – 1964.03.15)

Titular Bishop of Equizetum (1964.03.15 – 1964.10.12)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Fortunato da Veiga Coutinho (1962.07.02 – 1964.03.15)

as of 2018.12.31

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