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Diocese of Belgaum

Dioecesis Belgaumensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Derek Fernandes, Bishop

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 19 September 1953
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Bangalore
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: India
  • Square Kilometers: 33,747 (13,034 Square Miles)
  • Description: Civil districts of Belgaum, Bagalkot, Dharwad, Gadag and Haveri in Karnataka State and the Changad Taluk in Kolhapur District of Maharashtra State
  • Official Web Site: https://www.belgaumdiocese.org
  • Mailing Address: Bishop's House, B.C. 69, Belgaum-590001, Karnataka, India
  • Telephone: (0831)2420.587

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
19 September 1953ErectedArchdiocese of Goa e Damão (Belgaum and North Kanara)
Diocese of Poona (Dharwad and Bijapur)
Diocese of Belgaum (erected)
24 January 1976Territory LostDiocese of Belgaum (North Kanara (Uttara Kannada)) Diocese of Karwar (erected)
24 June 2005Territory LostDiocese of Belgaum (Bijapur)
Diocese of Bellary (Gulbarga)
Archdiocese of Hyderabad (Bidar)
Diocese of Gulbarga (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
195946,6735,213,256.9%3715528971511132ap1960
197053,4047,595,309.7%5110715833811920640ap1971
198028,0007,342,000.4%2322456223323923ap1981
199028,2968,650,000.3%4639853324921428ap1991
199929,5039,939,363.3%5741983015524542ap2000
200029,5039,939,363.3%5641973045525142ap2001
200129,5039,939,363.3%59421012925825847ap2002
200229,5039,939,363.3%60531132617126750ap2003
200329,50311,939,363.2%63571202456635956ap2004
200429,52511,939,363.2%64561202466536156ap2005
200629,0959,030,000.3%70551252328135756ap2007
201230,51210,736,000.3%76641402179859367ap2013
201527,49710,549,045.3%748415817411934969ap2016
201824,90010,998,000.2%797915815710937269ap2019
202024,92711,243,290.2%877916615031094169ap2021
202225,12811,425,000.2%837615915811039869ap2023

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 46, Page 129, to Page 131

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