The Roman Catholic Diocese of Udupi ( la, Dioecesis Udupiensis) is a

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located in the Kallianpur town of

Udupi District Udupi district (also Udipi or Odipu in Tulu language) is an administrative subdivision in the Karnataka state of India, with the district headquarters in the city of Udupi. It is situated in the Canara coastal region, there are seven talu ...

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 ...

, India. It was announced by

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on 16 July 2012. It comprises the six civil

talukas A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluka, or taluk) is a local unit of administrative division in some countries of South Asia. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administr ...

Udupi Udupi (alternate spelling Udipi; also known as Odipu) is a city in the Indian state of Karnataka. Udupi is situated about north of the educational, commercial and industrial hub of Mangalore and about west of state capital Bangalore by road. ...

, Bramavara,

Karkala ''Karkala'' also known as Karla in Tulu language, is a town and the headquarters of Karkala taluk in the Udupi district of Karnataka, India. Located about 60 km from Mangalore in the Tulu Nadu region of the state,it lies near the foothill ...

, Kapu,

Kundapura Kundapur, also called Kundapura, is a coastal town situated in the Udupi district of the state of Karnataka, India. This town was known as Coondapoor while it was part of the erstwhile South Canara district (1862–1947) of the Madras Pres ...

and Byndoor and is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Bangalore. The diocese which now contains 47

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es, the newly elevated Cathedral was previously a

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as "Church of Our Lady of Miracles" or the Milagres Church, the parish was partitioned from the Mangalore Diocese, while the parish church was elevated to the Cathedral of Our Lady of Miracles.

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The

Udupi district Udupi district (also Udipi or Odipu in Tulu language) is an administrative subdivision in the Karnataka state of India, with the district headquarters in the city of Udupi. It is situated in the Canara coastal region, there are seven talu ...

had been a part of

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 ...

since 1887. The diocese was inaugurated on 15 October 2012 by

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of India, Salvatore Pennacchio at Milagres Cathedral, Kallianpur. Bishop

Gerald Isaac Lobo Gerald Isaac Lobo is the bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Udupi.DSouza, Eugen"The new Bishop of Udupi"'' ellevison', Udupi, 14 Oct 2012. Retrieved on 22 March 2014. He is born and brought up in the Agrar. A small town in Dakshina Kannada dis ...

was appointed the first bishop of the diocese. The Catholics of this district are

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. The Udupi diocese is the 9th in the province, 14th diocese in the state and 166th diocese in the country and is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Bangalore. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Mangalore (Latin: 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 comprises the whole civil districts of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi in Karnataka state. This region was collectively referred as South Canara during the British Raj and the early post-independence era, prior to the States Reorganisation Act in 1956. It was established as a separate Apostolic Vicariate from the Apostolic Vicariate of Verapoly in 1853 and was promoted to a diocese on 1 September 1886. On Monday, July 16, 2012, it lost territory when Pope Benedict XVI erected the new Roman Catholic Diocese of Udupi (made up of the three civil districts of Udupi, Karkala, and Kundapura), which will also become part of the Province of Bangalore. On 28 June 2021, Fr Charles Menezes assumed charge as the Secretary of the Youth Commission and the Director of Indian Catholic Youth Movement for The Roman Catholic Diocese of Udupi

Bishops of the Diocese of Udupi

Bishop

(15 October 2012 – Present)

Saints and causes for canonisation

* Servant of God Peter John Roche (Alfred of Moodahadu)

References

External links

Official Diocesan website
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Bishops of the Diocese of Udupi

Saints and causes for canonisation

See also

References

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