Continent: South and East Asia
Rite: Roman (Latin)
Type: Diocese
Name: Belgaum / Belgaumen(sis) (Latin)
Ecclesiastical Province: Bangalore
Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation
Patron Saint: Our Lady of the Family Rosary of Fatima
Liturgical Calendar (National) ๐
Bishop (2019.05.01 โ ...): | Bishop Derek Fernandes (69) |
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Bishop Derek Fernandes (69) Bishop of Belgaum (India) Mittite in dexteram navigii rete
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Bishop Peter Machado (69) (later Archbishop) Metropolitan Archbishop of Bangalore (India)
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Bishop Bernard Blasius Moras (82) (later Archbishop) Apostolic Administrator of Mysore (India) In thee we hopeโMary our Mother
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Bishop Ignatius P. Lobo
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Bishop Fortunato da Veiga Coutinho
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Bishop Michael Rodrigues
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Area: 33,747 kmยฒ
Population: 25,128 Catholics (0.2% of 11,425,000 total)
Pastoral Centres: 69 parishes, 33 missions
Personnel: 159 priests (83 diocesan, 76 religious), 508 religious (110 brothers, 398 sisters), 11 seminarians
Last updated on 2024.04.14
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