The Diocese of Bellary () is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in India. Its episcopal see is Bellary. The diocese is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Bangalore.

History

15 June 1928: Established as Mission “sui iuris” of Bellary from the Diocese of Hyderabad and Archdiocese of Madras 10 March 1949: Promoted as Diocese of Bellary

Roman Catholic Diocese of Bellary

Ordinaries

Ecclesiastical superiors

Fr. John Forest Hogan, O.F.M. (later Bishop) (1934 – 10 March 1949) Fr. Ernesto Reilly, O.F.M. (1928 – 1934)

Roman Catholic Diocese of Bellary

Bishops

Bishop Henry D’Souza (15 March 2008 – present) Archbishop Bernard Blasius Moras (Apostolic Administrator 18 November 2006 – 15 March 2008) Bishop Joseph D’Silva (6 October 1992 – 17 November 2006) Bishop Ambrose Papaiah Yeddanapalli, O.F.M. (10 December 1963 – 1992) Bishop John Forest Hogan, O.F.M. (10 March 1949 – 23 September 1962)

Roman Catholic Diocese of Bellary

Saints and causes for canonisation

Servant of God Msgr. Francis Xavier Kroot, MHM

References

GCatholic.org

Catholic Hierarchy

Diocese website

Roman Catholic dioceses in India

Christian organizations established in 1928

Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century

1928 establishments in India

Christianity in Karnataka

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