Diocese of Mangalore, India

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Mangalore / Mangaloren(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Bangalore

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Joseph

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1674: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Kanara (English) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Goa)
1700: Suppressed (to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Goa)
1845.05.12: Restored as Apostolic Pro-Vicariate of Mangalore / Mangaloren(sis) (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Verapoly)
1853.03.15: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Mangalore / Mangaloren(sis) (Latin)
1886.09.01: Promoted as Diocese of Mangalore / Mangaloren(sis) (Latin)
1887.06.07: Became suffragan of Pondicherry
1893.10.02: Became suffragan of Bombay
1923.06.12: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Calicut
1953.09.19: Became suffragan of Bangalore
1955.04.29: Lost territory to Diocese of Tellicherry
1960.01.12: Lost territory to Diocese of Calicut
2012.07.16: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Udupi

Papal Visits

Pope John Paul II (1986.02)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2018.07.03 – ...):

Bishop Peter Paul Saldanha (60)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Mangalore (Roman Rite)

Bishop Peter Paul Saldanha (60)
(2018.07.03 – ...)

Bishop of Mangalore (India)

Born:	1964.04.27 (Kinnigoli, India)
Ordained Priest:	1991.05.06
Consecrated Bishop:	2018.09.15

Priest of Mangalore (India) (1991.05.06 – 2018.07.03)

Bishop of Mangalore (India) (2018.07.03 – ...)

Bishop Aloysius Paul D’Souza (83)
(1996.11.08 – 2018.07.03)

Bishop emeritus of Mangalore (India)

Compassion

Born:	1941.06.21 (Agrar, India)
Ordained Priest:	1966.12.03
Consecrated Bishop:	1996.05.15

Priest of Mangalore (India) (1966.12.03 – 1996.01.11)

Titular Bishop of Dura (1996.01.11 – 1996.11.08)

Auxiliary Bishop of Mangalore (India) (1996.01.11 – 1996.11.08)

Bishop of Mangalore (India) (1996.11.08 – 2018.07.03)

Bishop Basil Salvadore D’Souza
(1965.03.22 – 1996.09.05)

Born:	1926.05.23 (India)
Ordained Priest:	1952.03.25
Consecrated Bishop:	1965.05.11
Died:	1996.09.05 († 70)

Bishop of Mangalore (India) (1965.03.22 – 1996.09.05)

Bishop Raymond D’Mello
(1959.02.05 – 1964.04.21)

Born:	1907.03.27 (India)
Ordained Priest:	1937.04.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1959.04.06
Died:	1971.11.24 († 64)

Bishop of Mangalore (India) (1959.02.05 – 1964.04.21)

Bishop of Allahabad (India) (1964.04.21 – 1969.12.20)

Titular Bishop of Glenndálocha (1969.12.20 – 1971.11.24)

Bishop Basil Salvador Theodore Peres
(1955.01.04 – 1958.04.24)

Born:	1900.11.09 (India)
Ordained Priest:	1929.12.03
Consecrated Bishop:	1952.10.28
Died:	1958.04.24 († 57)

Titular Bishop of Gisipa (1952.07.03 – 1955.01.04)

Coadjutor Bishop of Mangalore (India) (1952.07.03 – 1955.01.04)

Bishop of Mangalore (India) (1955.01.04 – 1958.04.24)

Bishop Vittore Rosario Fernandes
(1931.05.16 – 1955.01.04)

Born:	1881.05.21 (India)
Ordained Priest:	1910.03.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1931.09.21
Died:	1955.01.04 († 73)

Bishop of Mangalore (India) (1931.05.16 – 1955.01.04)

Bishop Valerian Joseph de Souza
(1928.01.14 – 1930.08.14)

Born:	1884.09.04
Ordained Priest:	1913.07.25
Consecrated Bishop:	1928.04.15
Died:	1930.08.14 († 45)

Bishop of Mangalore (India) (1928.01.14 – 1930.08.14)

Fr. Joseph Pais
(Apostolic Administrator 1923.06.12 – 1923 not possessed)

Bishop Paolo Charles Perini, S.J.
(Apostolic Administrator 1923 – 1928)

Bishop Paolo Charles Perini, S.J.
(1910.08.17 – 1923.06.12)

Born:	1867.01.12 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1897
Consecrated Bishop:	1910.12.04
Died:	1932.06.28 († 65)

Bishop of Mangalore (India) (1910.08.17 – 1923.06.12)

Apostolic Administrator of Mangalore (India) (1923 – 1928)

Bishop of Calicut (India) (1923.06.12 – 1932.06.28)

Bishop Abbondio Cavadini, S.J.
(1895.11.26 – 1910.03.26)

Born:	1846.02.05 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1876
Consecrated Bishop:	1896.06.28
Died:	1910.03.26 († 64)

Bishop of Mangalore (India) (1895.11.26 – 1910.03.26)

Bishop Nicolaus Maria Pagani, S.J.
(1886.09.01 – 1895.04.30)

Born:	1835.08.09
Ordained Priest:	1861?
Consecrated Bishop:	1885.10.25
Died:	1895.04.30 († 59)

Vicar Apostolic of Mangalore (India) (1878 – 1886.09.01)

Titular Bishop of Tricomia (1885.02.21 – 1886.09.01)

Bishop of Mangalore (India) (1886.09.01 – 1895.04.30)

Vicars Apostolic of Mangalore (Roman Rite)

Bishop Nicolaus Maria Pagani, S.J.
(1878 – 1886.09.01)

(see above)

Bishop Ephrem-Edouard-Lucien-Théoponte Garrelon, O. Carm.
(1870.06.03 – 1873.04.11)

Born:	1827.11.18 (France)
Consecrated Bishop:	1868.11.08
Died:	1873.04.11 († 45)

Vicar Apostolic of Quilon (India) (1868.06.20 – 1870.06.03)

Titular Bishop of Nemesi (1868.07.24 – 1873.04.11)

Vicar Apostolic of Mangalore (India) (1870.06.03 – 1873.04.11)

Bishop Michel-Antoine Anfossi, O.C.D.
(1853.03.15 – 1870)

Born:	1799.10.31 (Italy)
Consecrated Bishop:	1853.05.15
Died:	1878.12.22 († 79)

Vicar Apostolic of Mangalore (India) (1853.03.15 – 1870)

Titular Bishop of Mennith (1853.03.15 – 1878.12.22)

Pro-Vicars Apostolic of Mangalore (Roman Rite)

Fr. Bernardine of St. Agnes, O.C.D.
(1845.05.12 – 1853.03.15)

Pro-Vicar Apostolic of Mangalore (India) (1845.05.12 – 1853.03.15)

Vicars Apostolic of Kanara (Roman Rite)

Bishop Thomas de Castro, C.R.
(1675.08.30 – 1684.07.16)

Born:	1621? (India)
Consecrated Bishop:	1675.09.15
Died:	1684.07.16 († 62)

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Malabar (India) (1675.08.30 – 1676)

Titular Bishop of Phussala (1675.08.30 – 1684.07.16)

Vicar Apostolic of Kanara (India) (1675.08.30 – 1684.07.16)

Vicar Apostolic of Malabar (India) (1676 – 1684.07.16)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Basil Salvador Theodore Peres (1952.07.03 – 1955.01.04)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Aloysius Paul D’Souza (83) (1996.01.11 – 1996.11.08)

Diocese of

Mangalore

India