Roman Catholic Diocese of Gulbarga
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Diocese of Gulbarga Dioecesis Gulbargiensis | |
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| Location | |
| Country |  India |
| Ecclesiastical province | Bangalore |
| Metropolitan | Bangalore |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 38,752 km2 (14,962 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2006) 6,435,095 5,000 (0.1%) |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 24 June 2005 |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of Mother Mary of Divine Grace in Gulbarga |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Robert Miranda |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Peter Machado |
| Map | |
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| Website | |
| gulbargadiocese.org | |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Gulbarga in India was created on 24 June 2005. It is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Bangalore. Its first bishop is Rev. Robert Miranda. The parish church Mother Mary of Divine Grace in Gulbarga will be the cathedral for the diocese. It was the 150th diocese of India, and the 120th of Latin Rite.
The diocese covers an area of 38,752 km² of the Karnataka state previously belonging to the Archdiocese of Hyderabad and the dioceses of Bellary and Belgaum.
The total population in the diocese is 7,012,492, of which 6,425 are Catholic. The diocese is subdivided into 16 parishes.
External links
[edit]- Official Website of the Diocese Archived 29 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- GCatholic.org
- Catholic-hierarchy.org
- Vatican press release on the creation Archived 30 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- Websites Links at CBCI
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