Diocese of Sindhudurg, India 🇮🇳

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Sindhudurg / Sindhudurgien(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Goa and Daman

Neighbouring Dioceses: Bombay (↑), Poona (↑), Belgaum (→), Goa and Daman (↓)

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Patron Saint: Our Lady of Milagris

2005.07.05: Established as Diocese of Sindhudurg / Sindhudurgien(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Poona and became suffragan of Bombay)
2006.11.25: Became suffragan of Goa and Daman

Bishop (2026.02.14 – ...):

Bishop Francisco Antonio Agnelo Jacinto Pinheiro (53)

Bishops of Sindhudurg (Roman Rite)

Bishop Francisco Antonio Agnelo Jacinto Pinheiro (53)
(2026.02.14 – ...)

Bishop of Sindhudurg (India)

Priest of Goa and Daman (India) (2000.10.28 – 2026.02.14)

Bishop of Sindhudurg (India) (2026.02.14 – ...)

Bishop Anthony Alwyn Fernandes Barreto (73)
(2005.07.05 – 2024.10.08)

Bishop emeritus of Sindhudurg (India)

Priest of Poona (India) (1979.10.13 – 2005.07.05)

Bishop of Sindhudurg (India) (2005.07.05 – 2024.10.08)

Area: 21,099 km²

Population: 19,835 Catholics (0.3% of 5,791,485 total)

Pastoral Centres: 21 parishes, 5 missions

Personnel: 58 priests (26 diocesan, 32 religious), 146 religious (41 brothers, 105 sisters), 8 seminarians