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<p>Dating maintenance tags: {{Morefootnotes}}</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{morefootnotes|date=July 2020}}<br /> {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}<br /> {{Infobox diocese<br /> |jurisdiction = Diocese <br /> |name = Bellary <br /> |latin = Dioecesis Bellaryensis <br /> |country = {{flag|India}}<br /> |metropolitan = [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bangalore|Bangalore]] <br /> |province = [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bangalore|Bangalore]] <br /> |rite = [[Latin 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&#039;Souza]] <br /> |metro_archbishop = [[Peter Machado]]<br /> |coadjutor = <br /> |auxiliary_bishops= <br /> |website = [http://www.bellarydiocese.in/index.php Website of the Diocese] <br /> }}<br /> <br /> The &#039;&#039;&#039;Roman Catholic Diocese of Bellary&#039;&#039;&#039; ({{lang-la| Bellaryen(sis)}}) is a [[diocese]] located in the city of [[Bellary]] in the [[Ecclesiastical province]] of [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bangalore|Bangalore]] in India.<br /> <br /> ==History==<br /> * 15 June 1928: Established as [[Mission “sui iuris”]] of Bellary from the [[Diocese of Hyderabad]] and [[Metropolitan Archdiocese of Madras]]<br /> * 10 March 1949: Promoted as Diocese of Bellary<br /> <br /> ==Leadership==<br /> * [[Bishop]]s of Bellary ([[Latin Rite]])<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 /> * Ecclesiastical Superiors of Bellary (Latin Rite) <br /> ** Fr. John Forest Hogan, O.F.M. (later Bishop) (1934 – 10 March 1949)<br /> ** Fr. [[Ernesto Reilly]], O.F.M. (1928 – 1934)<br /> <br /> ==Saints and causes for canonisation==<br /> * Servant of God Msgr. Francis Xavier Kroot, MHM&lt;ref name=&quot;CCBI&quot;&gt;{{Cite web|url=http://ccbi.in/saints-blessed/|title=Saints &amp; Blessed – CCBI|accessdate=17 October 2019}}&lt;/ref&gt;  <br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> * [http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/bell1.htm GCatholic.org]<br /> * [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dbllr.html Catholic Hierarchy]<br /> * [http://www.bellarydiocese.com/ Diocese website]<br /> <br /> {{coord|15.1403|N|76.8992|E|source:wikidata|display=title}}<br /> <br /> <br /> {{authority control}}<br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Bellary}}<br /> [[Category:Roman Catholic dioceses in India]]<br /> [[Category:Christian organizations established in 1928]]<br /> [[Category:Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century]]<br /> [[Category:1928 establishments in India]]<br /> [[Category:Christianity in Karnataka]]<br /> [[Category:Bellary]]<br /> <br /> <br /> {{India-RC-diocese-stub}}</div>

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