Diocese of Mysore, India

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Mysore / Maïssour (français) / Mysurien(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Bangalore

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Joseph

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1845.03.16: Established as Apostolic Pro-Vicariate of Mysore / Maïssour (français) / Mayssouren(sis) (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Pondicherry)
1850.04.03: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Mysore / Maïssour (français) / Mayssouren(sis) (Latin)
1886.09.01: Promoted as Diocese of Mysore / Maïssour (français) / Mysurien(sis) (Latin)
1887.06.07: Became suffragan of Pondicherry
1923.06.12: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Calicut
1930.05.26: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Salem
1940.02.13: Gained territory from Diocese of Coimbatore and lost territory to establish Diocese of Bangalore
1953.09.19: Became suffragan of Bangalore
1955.04.29: Lost territory to Diocese of Tellicherry
1955.07.03: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Ootacamund
1963.11.16: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Chikmagalur

Present Prelates

Bishop:	vacant
Apostolic Administrator (2023.01.07 – ...):	Archbishop Bernard Blasius Moras (83) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Bangalore (India)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Mysore (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Bernard Blasius Moras (83)
(Apostolic Administrator 2023.01.07 – ...)

Bishop Kannikadass William Antony (59)
(2017.01.25 – 2024.01.13)

Bishop emeritus of Mysore (India)

Pro vobis tradetur / Given up for you

Born:	1965.02.27 (Polibeta, India)
Ordained Priest:	1993.05.18
Consecrated Bishop:	2017.02.27

Priest of Mysore (India) (1993.05.18 – 2017.01.25)

Bishop of Mysore (India) (2017.01.25 – 2024.01.13)

Bishop Thomas Antony Vazhapilly (84)
(2003.02.12 – 2017.01.25)

Bishop emeritus of Mysore (India)

To serve

Born:	1940.04.11 (Peringottukara, India)
Ordained Priest:	1964.12.02
Consecrated Bishop:	2003.03.25

Priest of Chikmagalur (India) (1964.12.02 – 2003.02.12)

Bishop of Mysore (India) (2003.02.12 – 2017.01.25)

Bishop Joseph Roy
(1994.12.19 – 2003.02.12)

Born:	1925.10.14 (India)
Ordained Priest:	1953.12.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1995.02.21
Died:	2004.04.18 († 78)

Bishop of Mysore (India) (1994.12.19 – 2003.02.12)

Bishop Francis Michaelappa
(1986.12.22 – 1993.03.17)

Born:	1925.06.08 (India)
Ordained Priest:	1957.04.06
Consecrated Bishop:	1987.05.27
Died:	1993.03.17 († 67)

Bishop of Mysore (India) (1986.12.22 – 1993.03.17)

Bishop Sebastião Francisco Mathias Fernandes
(1963.11.16 – 1985.05.09)

Born:	1917.11.04 (India)
Ordained Priest:	1944.10.26
Consecrated Bishop:	1964.02.03
Died:	1985.05.09 († 67)

Bishop of Mysore (India) (1963.11.16 – 1985.05.09)

Bishop René-Jean-Baptiste-Germain Feuga, M.E.P.
(Apostolic Administrator 1962.11.20 – 1963.11.16)

Bishop René-Jean-Baptiste-Germain Feuga, M.E.P.
(1941.04.03 – 1962.11.20)

Born:	1886.09.24 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1910.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1941.07.02
Died:	1964.01.27 († 77)

Bishop of Mysore (India) (1941.04.03 – 1962.11.20)

Apostolic Administrator of Mysore (India) (1962.11.20 – 1963.11.16)

Titular Bishop of Fornos major (1962.11.20 – 1964.01.27)

Bishop Maurice-Bernard-Benoit-Joseph Despatures, M.E.P.
(1922.06.21 – 1940.02.13)

Born:	1873.07.04 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1897.06.27
Consecrated Bishop:	1922.10.28
Died:	1963.08.26 († 90)

Bishop of Mysore (India) (1922.06.21 – 1940.02.13)

Bishop of Bangalore (India) (1940.02.13 – 1942.09.06)

Titular Bishop of Benda (1942.09.06 – 1963.08.26)

Bishop Hippolyte Teissier, M.E.P.
(1916.09.04 – 1922.02.26)

Born:	1853.11.15 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1879.09.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1917.01.24
Died:	1922.02.26 († 68)

Bishop of Mysore (India) (1916.09.04 – 1922.02.26)

Bishop Augustin-François Baslé, M.E.P.
(1910.06.02 – 1915.09.13)

Born:	1851.07.01 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1875.10.10
Consecrated Bishop:	1906.05.01
Died:	1915.09.13 († 64)

Titular Bishop of Calynda (1905.12.15 – 1910.06.02)

Coadjutor Bishop of Mysore (India) (1905.12.15 – 1910.06.02)

Bishop of Mysore (India) (1910.06.02 – 1915.09.13)

Bishop Eugène-Louis Kleiner, M.E.P.
(1890.09.14 – 1910.06.02)

Born:	1841.07.05 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1865.06.10
Consecrated Bishop:	1890.09.21
Died:	1915.08.19 († 74)

Titular Bishop of Lyrba (1890.06.20 – 1890.09.14)

Coadjutor Bishop of Mysore (India) (1890.06.20 – 1890.09.14)

Bishop of Mysore (India) (1890.09.14 – 1910.06.02)

Titular Bishop of Tlous (1910.06.17 – 1915.08.19)

Bishop Jean-Yves-Marie Coadou, M.E.P.
(1886.09.01 – 1890.09.14)

Born:	1819.01.18 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1845.05.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1880.10.10
Died:	1890.09.14 († 71)

Titular Bishop of Chrysopolis in Arabia (1880.08.20 – 1886.09.01)

Vicar Apostolic of Mysore (India) (1880.08.20 – 1886.09.01)

Bishop of Mysore (India) (1886.09.01 – 1890.09.14)

Vicars Apostolic of Mysore (Roman Rite)

Bishop Jean-Yves-Marie Coadou, M.E.P.
(1880.08.20 – 1886.09.01)

(see above)

Bishop Joseph-Auguste Chevalier, M.E.P.
(1873.11.11 – 1880.03.25)

Born:	1814.03.16 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1837.09.03
Consecrated Bishop:	1874.03.01
Died:	1880.03.25 († 66)

Titular Bishop of Germanicopolis (1873.11.11 – 1880.03.25)

Vicar Apostolic of Mysore (India) (1873.11.11 – 1880.03.25)

Bishop Étienne-Louis Charbonnaux, M.E.P.
(1850.04.03 – 1873.06.23)

Born:	1806.03.20 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1830.06.05
Consecrated Bishop:	1845.06.29
Died:	1873.06.23 († 67)

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Madura and Coromandel Coast (India) (1844.07.08 – 1850.04.03)

Titular Bishop of Iassus (1844.07.08 – 1873.06.23)

Pro-Vicar Apostolic of Mysore (India) (1845.03.16 – 1850.04.03)

Vicar Apostolic of Mysore (India) (1850.04.03 – 1873.06.23)

Pro-Vicars Apostolic of Mysore (Roman Rite)

Bishop Étienne-Louis Charbonnaux, M.E.P.
(1845.03.16 – 1850.04.03)

(see above)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Augustin-François Baslé, M.E.P. (1905.12.15 – 1910.06.02)
Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop-elect Eugène-Louis Kleiner, M.E.P. (1890.06.20 – 1890.09.14)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Albert Vincent D’Souza (later Archbishop) (1959.02.05 – 1962.08.08)

Diocese of

Mysore

India

Celebrations

History

Present Prelates

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Former Prelates

Special Churches

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