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Diocese of

Shimoga

India India

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese

Ecclesiastical Province: Bangalore

Neighbouring Dioceses: Chikmagalur (↓), Udupi (↙), Karwar (↖), Bellary (↗), Kurnool (→), Bangalore (↘)

History

  • 1988.11.14: Established as Diocese of Shimoga / Shimogaën(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bangalore and Diocese of Chikmagalur)

Special Churches

Present Prelates

Bishop:vacant

Ordinaries

Bishops of Shimoga (Roman Rite)

Bishop Gerald Isaac Lobo (63)Bishop Gerald Isaac Lobo (63)
(1999.12.03 – 2012.07.16)

Born:1949.11.12 (India)
Ordained Priest:1977.05.05
Consecrated Bishop:2000.03.20

Bishop of Shimoga (India) (1999.12.03 – 2012.07.16)

Bishop of Udupi (India) (2012.07.16 – ...)

Archbishop Ignatius Paul Pinto (87)Bishop Ignatius Paul Pinto (87) (later Archbishop)
(1988.11.14 – 1998.09.10)

Born:1925.05.18 (India)
Ordained Priest:1952.08.24
Consecrated Bishop:1989.01.31

Bishop of Shimoga (India) (1988.11.14 – 1998.09.10)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Bangalore (India) (1998.09.10 – 2004.07.22)

as of 2013.05.03

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