Diocese of

Udupi

India India

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Udupi / Udupien(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Bangalore

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Our Lady of Miracles

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

Present Prelates

Bishop (2012.07.16 – ...):Bishop Gerald Isaac Lobo (75)Bishop Gerald Isaac Lobo (75)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Udupi (Roman Rite)

Bishop Gerald Isaac Lobo (75)Bishop Gerald Isaac Lobo (75)
(2012.07.16 – ...)

Bishop of Udupi (India)

Service and faith, fullness in life

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

Priest of Mangalore (India) (1977.05.05 – 1999.12.03)

Bishop of Shimoga (India) (1999.12.03 – 2012.07.16)

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

Special Churches

Karwar (↑), Shimoga (↗), Mangalore (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 3,880 km²

Population: 62,455 Catholics (5.3% of 1,181,477 total)

Pastoral Centres: 52 parishes

Personnel: 116 priests (73 diocesan, 43 religious), 312 religious (70 brothers, 242 sisters), 11 seminarians

Population

Pastoral Centres

Priests

Religious

Seminarians

Last updated on 2025.01.27

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