Diocese of Chikmagalur, India 🇮🇳

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Chikmagalur / Chikmagaluren(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Bangalore

Neighbouring Dioceses: Mangalore (←), Shimoga (↑), Bangalore (→), Mysore (↘)

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Patron Saint: Saint Joseph (March 19)

1963.11.16: Established as Diocese of Chikmagalur / Chikmagaluren(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Mysore and became suffragan of Bangalore)
1988.11.14: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Shimoga

Bishop (2006.12.02 – ...):

Bishop Anthony Swamy Thomasappa (75)

Bishops of Chikmagalur (Roman Rite)

Bishop Anthony Swamy Thomasappa (75)
(2006.12.02 – ...)

Bishop of Chikmagalur (India)

Priest of Bangalore (India) (1984.05.20 – 2006.12.02)

Bishop of Chikmagalur (India) (2006.12.02 – ...)

Bishop John Baptist Sequeira
(1987.01.26 – 2006.12.02)

Bishop of Chikmagalur (India) (1987.01.26 – 2006.12.02)

Bishop Alphonsus Mathias (later Archbishop)
(1963.11.16 – 1986.09.12)

Priest of Mangalore (India) (1954.08.24 – 1963.11.16)

Bishop of Chikmagalur (India) (1963.11.16 – 1986.09.12)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Bangalore (India) (1986.09.12 – 1998.03.24)

Area: 14,015 km²

Population: 40,800 Catholics (1.3% of 3,035,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 42 parishes, 5 missions

Personnel: 88 priests (65 diocesan, 23 religious), 259 religious (23 brothers, 236 sisters), 19 seminarians