Diocese of Karwar, India

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Karwar / Karvaren(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Bangalore

Bishop:	vacant
Apostolic Administrator (2019.05.01 – ...):	Bishop Derek Fernandes (69) Bishop of Belgaum (India)

Bishops of Karwar (Roman Rite)

Bishop Derek Fernandes (69)
(Apostolic Administrator 2019.05.01 – ...)

Bishop Derek Fernandes (69)
(2007.02.24 – 2019.05.01)

Bishop of Belgaum (India)
Apostolic Administrator of Karwar (India)

Priest of Belgaum (India) (1979.05.05 – 2007.02.24)

Bishop of Karwar (India) (2007.02.24 – 2019.05.01)

Bishop of Belgaum (India) (2019.05.01 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of Karwar (India) (2019.05.01 – ...)

Bishop William Leonard D’Mello
(1976.01.24 – 2007.02.24)

Bishop of Karwar (India) (1976.01.24 – 2007.02.24)

Area: 10,277 km²

Population: 46,744 Catholics (3.0% of 1,584,215 total) (2021)

Statistics: 68 parishes, 38 missions, 136 priests (110 diocesan, 26 religious), 258 religious (31 brothers, 227 sisters), 27 seminarians (2021)

Patron Saint: Saint Joseph

1976.01.24: Established as Diocese of Karwar / Karvaren(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Belgaum and became suffragan of Bangalore)