Diocese of Bellary Dioecesis Bellaryensis | |
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Location | |
Country | India |
Ecclesiastical province | Bangalore |
Statistics | |
Area | 24,973 km2 (9,642 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2014) 6,172,289 30,718 (0.6%) |
Parishes | 47 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Cathedral | St Anthony’s Cathedral in Bellary |
Patron saint | St Anthony of Padua |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Henry D'Souza |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Peter Machado |
Map | |
Website | |
Website of the Diocese |
The Diocese of Bellary (Latin: Bellaryen(sis)) 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.