Continent: South and East Asia
Rite: Roman (Latin)
Type: Diocese
Name: Chikmagalur / Chikmagaluren(sis) (Latin)
Ecclesiastical Province: Bangalore
Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation
Patron Saint: Saint Joseph (March 19)
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Bishop (2006.12.02 – ...): | Bishop Anthony Swamy Thomasappa (73) |
Bishops of Chikmagalur (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Bishop Anthony Swamy Thomasappa (73) Bishop of Chikmagalur (India)
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Bishop John Baptist Sequeira
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Bishop Alphonsus Mathias (95) (later Archbishop) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Bangalore (India)
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Area: 14,015 km²
Population: 40,400 Catholics (1.3% of 3,005,000 total)
Pastoral Centres: 42 parishes, 5 missions
Personnel: 87 priests (64 diocesan, 23 religious), 259 religious (23 brothers, 236 sisters), 21 seminarians
Last updated on 2024.05.12
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