Diocese of Mangalore, India 🇮🇳 (original) (raw)
Celebrations
History
- 1674: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Kanara (English) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Goa)
- 1700: Suppressed (to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Goa)
- 1845.05.12: Restored as Apostolic Pro-Vicariate of Mangalore / Mangaloren(sis) (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Verapoly)
- 1853.03.15: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Mangalore / Mangaloren(sis) (Latin)
- 1886.09.01: Promoted as Diocese of Mangalore / Mangaloren(sis) (Latin)
- 1887.06.07: Became suffragan of Pondicherry
- 1893.10.02: Became suffragan of Bombay
- 1923.06.12: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Calicut
- 1953.09.19: Became suffragan of Bangalore
- 1955.04.29: Lost territory to Diocese of Tellicherry
- 1960.01.12: Lost territory to Diocese of Calicut
- 2012.07.16: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Udupi
Papal Visits
Present Prelates
| Bishop (2018.07.03 – ...): |  Bishop Peter Paul Saldanha (60) |
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Ordinaries
| Bishops of Mangalore (Roman Rite) |
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| Bishop Peter Paul Saldanha (60) (2018.07.03 – ...)Bishop of Mangalore (India)Born:1964.04.27 (Kinnigoli, India)Ordained Priest:1991.05.06Consecrated Bishop:2018.09.15Priest of Mangalore (India) (1991.05.06 – 2018.07.03)Bishop of Mangalore (India) (2018.07.03 – ...) |
 Bishop Aloysius Paul D’Souza (83) (1996.11.08 – 2018.07.03)Bishop emeritus of Mangalore (India)CompassionBorn:1941.06.21 (Agrar, India)Ordained Priest:1966.12.03Consecrated Bishop:1996.05.15Priest of Mangalore (India) (1966.12.03 – 1996.01.11)Titular Bishop of Dura (1996.01.11 – 1996.11.08)Auxiliary Bishop of Mangalore (India) (1996.01.11 – 1996.11.08)Bishop of Mangalore (India) (1996.11.08 – 2018.07.03) |
| Bishop Basil Salvadore D’Souza (1965.03.22 – 1996.09.05)Born:1926.05.23 (India)Ordained Priest:1952.03.25Consecrated Bishop:1965.05.11Died:1996.09.05 († 70)Bishop of Mangalore (India) (1965.03.22 – 1996.09.05) |
| Bishop Raymond D’Mello (1959.02.05 – 1964.04.21)Born:1907.03.27 (India)Ordained Priest:1937.04.24Consecrated Bishop:1959.04.06Died:1971.11.24 († 64)Bishop of Mangalore (India) (1959.02.05 – 1964.04.21)Bishop of Allahabad (India) (1964.04.21 – 1969.12.20)Titular Bishop of Glenndálocha (1969.12.20 – 1971.11.24) |
| Bishop Basil Salvador Theodore Peres (1955.01.04 – 1958.04.24)Born:1900.11.09 (India)Ordained Priest:1929.12.03Consecrated Bishop:1952.10.28Died:1958.04.24 († 57)Titular Bishop of Gisipa (1952.07.03 – 1955.01.04)Coadjutor Bishop of Mangalore (India) (1952.07.03 – 1955.01.04)Bishop of Mangalore (India) (1955.01.04 – 1958.04.24) |
| Bishop Vittore Rosario Fernandes (1931.05.16 – 1955.01.04)Born:1881.05.21 (India)Ordained Priest:1910.03.19Consecrated Bishop:1931.09.21Died:1955.01.04 († 73)Bishop of Mangalore (India) (1931.05.16 – 1955.01.04) |
| Bishop Valerian Joseph de Souza (1928.01.14 – 1930.08.14)Born:1884.09.04Ordained Priest:1913.07.25Consecrated Bishop:1928.04.15Died:1930.08.14 († 45)Bishop of Mangalore (India) (1928.01.14 – 1930.08.14) |
| Fr. Joseph Pais (Apostolic Administrator 1923.06.12 – 1923 not possessed) |
| Bishop Paolo Charles Perini, S.J. (Apostolic Administrator 1923 – 1928) |
| Bishop Paolo Charles Perini, S.J. (1910.08.17 – 1923.06.12)Born:1867.01.12 (Italy)Ordained Priest:1897Consecrated Bishop:1910.12.04Died:1932.06.28 († 65)Bishop of Mangalore (India) (1910.08.17 – 1923.06.12)Apostolic Administrator of Mangalore (India) (1923 – 1928)Bishop of Calicut (India) (1923.06.12 – 1932.06.28) |
| Bishop Abbondio Cavadini, S.J. (1895.11.26 – 1910.03.26)Born:1846.02.05 (Italy)Ordained Priest:1876Consecrated Bishop:1896.06.28Died:1910.03.26 († 64)Bishop of Mangalore (India) (1895.11.26 – 1910.03.26) |
| Bishop Nicolaus Maria Pagani, S.J. (1886.09.01 – 1895.04.30)Born:1835.08.09Ordained Priest:1861?Consecrated Bishop:1885.10.25Died:1895.04.30 († 59)Vicar Apostolic of Mangalore (India) (1878 – 1886.09.01)Titular Bishop of Tricomia (1885.02.21 – 1886.09.01)Bishop of Mangalore (India) (1886.09.01 – 1895.04.30) |
| Vicars Apostolic of Mangalore (Roman Rite) |
| Bishop Nicolaus Maria Pagani, S.J. (1878 – 1886.09.01)(see above) |
| Bishop Ephrem-Edouard-Lucien-Théoponte Garrelon, O. Carm. (1870.06.03 – 1873.04.11)Born:1827.11.18 (France)Consecrated Bishop:1868.11.08Died:1873.04.11 († 45)Vicar Apostolic of Quilon (India) (1868.06.20 – 1870.06.03)Titular Bishop of Nemesi (1868.07.24 – 1873.04.11)Vicar Apostolic of Mangalore (India) (1870.06.03 – 1873.04.11) |
| Bishop Michel-Antoine Anfossi, O.C.D. (1853.03.15 – 1870)Born:1799.10.31 (Italy)Consecrated Bishop:1853.05.15Died:1878.12.22 († 79)Vicar Apostolic of Mangalore (India) (1853.03.15 – 1870)Titular Bishop of Mennith (1853.03.15 – 1878.12.22) |
| Pro-Vicars Apostolic of Mangalore (Roman Rite) |
| Fr. Bernardine of St. Agnes, O.C.D. (1845.05.12 – 1853.03.15)Pro-Vicar Apostolic of Mangalore (India) (1845.05.12 – 1853.03.15) |
| Vicars Apostolic of Kanara (Roman Rite) |
| Bishop Thomas de Castro, C.R. (1675.08.30 – 1684.07.16)Born:1621? (India)Consecrated Bishop:1675.09.15Died:1684.07.16 († 62)Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Malabar (India) (1675.08.30 – 1676)Titular Bishop of Phussala (1675.08.30 – 1684.07.16)Vicar Apostolic of Kanara (India) (1675.08.30 – 1684.07.16)Vicar Apostolic of Malabar (India) (1676 – 1684.07.16) |
Former Prelates
- Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Basil Salvador Theodore Peres (1952.07.03 – 1955.01.04)
- Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Aloysius Paul D’Souza (83) (1996.01.11 – 1996.11.08)
Statistics (2022.12.31)
Area: 5,924 km²
Population: 254,580 Catholics (11.0% of 2,317,826 total)
Pastoral Centres: 123 parishes, 1 mission
Personnel: 387 priests (246 diocesan, 141 religious), 1,702 religious (190 brothers, 1,512 sisters), 31 seminarians