Christianity Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth. It is the world's largest and most widespread religion with roughly 2.38 billion followers representing one-third of the global pop ...

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minority religion A minority religion is a religion held by a minority of the population of a country, state, or region. Minority religions may be subject to stigma or discrimination. An example of a stigma is using the term cult with its extremely negative conn ...

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Karnataka Karnataka (; ISO: , , also known as Karunāḍu) is a state in the southwestern region of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act. Originally known as Mysore State , it was renamed ''Karnat ...

, a state of

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

Mangalorean Catholics Mangalorean Catholics ( kok, Kōdiyālcheñ Kathōlikā) are an ethno-religious community of Latin Catholics in India typically residing in the Diocese of Mangalore in the erstwhile South Canara area, by the southwestern coast of present-day K ...

are a community of centuries, though there also are Mangalorean Protestants.

Denominations

* Apostolic Church * Bible Believing Churches in India * Blessing Youth Mission * Karnataka Baptist Convention * Hindustani Covenant Church *

New Life Churches New Life Churches, formerly known as New Life Churches International, is a Pentecostal Christianity, Christian church movement in New Zealand. History Early influences date from the 1940s when a series of meetings conducted by overseas 'Beth ...

* United Basel Mission Church * Methodist Church *

The Pentecostal Mission The Pentecostal Mission (TPM) or New Testament Church (NTC) in the United States or Universal Pentecostal Church (UPC) in the United Kingdom is a Pentecostal denomination which was founded in Colombo, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) in 1923. The intern ...

Regional bodies

Roman Catholic Diocese of Mangalore The Roman Catholic Diocese of Mangalore ( la, Diocesis Mangalorensis) is a diocese located in the city of Mangalore in the Ecclesiastical province of Bangalore in India. The diocese falls on the southwestern coast of India. At present, it com ...

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Roman Catholic Diocese of Belgaum The Roman Catholic Diocese of Belgaum ( la, Belgaumen(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Belgaum in the ecclesiastical province of Bangalore in India. History The Belgaum Diocese was erected on 19 September 1953 by the papal bull ''S ...

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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bangalore The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bangalore ( la, Archidioecesis Bangalorensis) is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in India. It was erected as pro-vicariate from (16 March 1845 to 2 April 1850), as ...

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Roman Catholic Diocese of Bellary The Diocese of Bellary ( la, Bellaryen(sis)) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in India. Its episcopal see is Bellary. The diocese is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan ...

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Roman Catholic Diocese of Gulbarga 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 b ...

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Roman Catholic Diocese of Shimoga The Roman Catholic Diocese of Shimoga ( la, Shimogaen(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Shimoga in the Ecclesiastical province of Bangalore in India. History * 14 November 1988: Established as Diocese of Shimoga from the Metropolitan ...

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Roman Catholic Diocese of Mysore The Roman Catholic Diocese of Mysore ( la, Mysurien(sis)) is a suffragan Latin diocese, in the Ecclesiastical province of Bangalore in southern India, yet depends on the missionary Dicastery for Evangelization. Its cathedral episcopal see is ...

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Roman Catholic Diocese of Karwar The Roman Catholic Diocese of Karwar ( la, Karvaren(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Karwar in the Ecclesiastical province of Bangalore Bangalore (), List of renamed places in India, officially Bengaluru (), is the Capital ci ...

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Roman Catholic Diocese of Udupi The Roman Catholic Diocese of Udupi ( la, Dioecesis Udupiensis) is a diocese located in the Kallianpur town of Udupi District of Karnataka, India. It was announced by Pope Benedict XVI on 16 July 2012. It comprises the six civil talukas Udupi ...

are present in Karnataka. The second largest church in Karnataka is the Church of South India with

Karnataka Central Diocese The Karnataka Central Diocese is one of the twenty-two dioceses of the Church of South India covering the central part of Karnataka. History The year 1810 witnessed the arrival of the first ever Protestant missionary, the Rev. John Hands of L ...

Karnataka Northern Diocese Karnataka Northern Diocese is one among the twenty-two dioceses of the Church of South India which covers the churches in the northern part of Karnataka state. History of the Diocese Protestantism spread here mainly through the activities of ...

and the

Karnataka Southern Diocese Karnataka Southern Diocese is one of the twenty-two dioceses of the Church of South India covering the southern part of Karnataka. The other Church of South India dioceses in Karnataka are Karnataka Northern Diocese and Central Karnataka D ...

Gangavathi Gangavati is a city, municipality and taluk in the Koppal district of the Indian state of Karnataka. It is one of the main commercial hubs in the Kalyana-Karnataka region. It is also the largest city, in terms of area and population, in the Kop ...

has Mennonite Brethren Churches. An Anglican Body-India Christian Mission Church has its existence in Doddaballapur of Bangalore rural right from 1920s. There is also an Orthodox Diocese of Bangalore. The state had a relatively high number of anti-Christian attacks in 2009. In 2008, Karnataka had more than 100 anti-Christian attacks. There are three Syro-Malabar eparchies in Karnataka:

Mandya Mandya is a city in the state of Karnataka. It is the headquarter of Mandya district and is located from Mysore and from Bangalore. Sugar factories contribute to the major economic output. It is also called Sugar city (which in Kannada mean ...

, Belthangady and Bhadravathi.

References

{{Christianity in India by region Religion in Karnataka

Denominations

Regional bodies

See also

References