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{{Infobox diocese<br />
|jurisdiction = Diocese <br />
|name = Bellary <br />
|latin = Dioecesis Bellaryensis <br />
|country = {{flag|India}}<br />
|metropolitan = <br />
|province = [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bangalore|Bangalore]]<br />
|denomination = [[Catholic Church]]<br />
|sui_iuris_church = [[Latin Church]]<br />
|rite = [[Roman Rite]]<br />
|cathedral = St Anthony's Cathedral in [[Bellary]]<br />
|cocathedral = <br />
|parishes = 47<br />
|patron = [[St Anthony of Padua]]<br />
|area_km2 = 24,973 <br />
|population = 6,172,289<br />
|population_as_of = 2014 <br />
|catholics = 30,718<br />
|catholics_percent= 0.6 <br />
|pope = {{Incumbent pope}}<br />
|bishop = [[Henry D'Souza]] <br />
|metro_archbishop = [[Peter Machado]]<br />
|coadjutor = <br />
|auxiliary_bishops= <br />
|website = [http://www.bellarydiocese.in/index.php Website of the Diocese] <br />
|map = Map of Roman Catholic Diocese of Bellary.png<br />
}}<br />
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The '''Diocese of Bellary''' ({{langx|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 [[Metropolis (religious jurisdiction)|metropolitan]] [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bangalore|Archdiocese of Bangalore]].<br />
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==History==<br />
* 15 June 1928: Established as [[Mission "sui iuris"]] of Bellary from the [[Diocese of Hyderabad]] and [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Madras and Mylapore|Archdiocese of Madras]]<br />
* 10 March 1949: Promoted as Diocese of Bellary<br />
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==Ordinaries==<br />
* Ecclesiastical superiors<br />
** Fr. John Forest Hogan, O.F.M. (later Bishop) (1934 – 10 March 1949)<br />
** Fr. [[Ernesto Reilly]], O.F.M. (1928 – 1934)<br />
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*Bishops<br />
** Bishop Henry D'Souza (15 March 2008 – present)<br />
** Archbishop [[Bernard Blasius Moras]] (Apostolic Administrator 18 November 2006 – 15 March 2008)<br />
** Bishop [[Joseph D'Silva]] (6 October 1992 – 17 November 2006)<br />
** Bishop [[Ambrose Papaiah Yeddanapalli]], O.F.M. (10 December 1963 – 1992)<br />
** Bishop [[John Forest Hogan]], O.F.M. (10 March 1949 – 23 September 1962)<br />
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==Saints and causes for canonisation==<br />
* Servant of God Msgr. Francis Xavier Kroot, MHM<ref name="CCBI">{{Cite web|url=http://ccbi.in/saints-blessed/|title=Saints & Blessed – CCBI|accessdate=17 October 2019}}</ref> &nbsp;<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [https://www.bellarydiocese.in/ Official diocese website]<br />
* [http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/bell1.htm GCatholic.org]<br />
* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dbllr.html Catholic Hierarchy]<br />
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