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Diocese of Mysore

Dioecesis Mysuriensis



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Bishop(s)

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Elevated: 1 September 1886
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Bangalore
  • Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelization
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: India
  • Square Kilometers: 21,051 (8,130 Square Miles)
  • Description: Mysore, Charajanagara, Mandya, and Kodagu
  • Official Web Site: https://www.mysorediocese.com
  • Mailing Address: Bishop's House, 2939 Mother Theresa Road, Lashkar Mohalla, Mysuru-570001, Karnataka, India
  • Telephone: (0821)2448.395
  • Fax: 2565.708

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Vicariate Apostolic of Mysore
1850ErectedVicariate Apostolic of Madurai and Coromandel Coast Vicariate Apostolic of Coimbatore (erected)
Vicariate Apostolic of Mysore (erected)
Diocese of Mysore
1 September 1886ElevatedVicariate Apostolic of Mysore Diocese of Mysore
12 June 1923Territory LostDiocese of Coimbatore (Shoranur and Mannarghat (in Wollawanad))
Diocese of Mangalore (North-Malabar)
Diocese of Mysore (Winad)
Diocese of Calicut (erected)
26 May 1930Territory LostDiocese of Kumbakonam
Diocese of Mysore
Archdiocese of Pondicherry
Diocese of Salem (erected) (District of Salem)
13 February 1940Territory LostDiocese of Mysore (Bangalore, Kolara, Tumakuru, and Chitradurga) Diocese of Bangalore (erected)
13 February 1940Territory AddedDiocese of Coimbatore (Nilgiris and area north of the river Bhavani and its tributary Moyar) Diocese of Mysore
10 April 1947Territory LostDiocese of Mysore (Mettur and Saveriarpalayam) Diocese of Salem
19 September 1953Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Mysore (from Pondicherry and Cuddalore)
3 July 1955Territory LostDiocese of Mysore (Nilgiris and part of Coimbatore) Diocese of Ootacamund (erected)
16 November 1963Territory LostDiocese of Mysore (Shimoga, Chikmagalur, and Hassan) Diocese of Chikmagalur (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Diocese of Mysore
195065,7753,600,8001.8%81818122325342ap1951
197037,3503,032,1451.2%38215963326278ap1971
198054,0714,641,6251.2%5412668192038738ap1981
199066,5004,795,0001.4%654010563315652044ap1991
199988,4007,740,6001.1%844512968512569161ap2000
200090,1007,942,7001.1%824612870312869461ap2001
200193,3797,964,5291.2%854813370212668563ap2002
200295,2608,077,0851.2%88881,08210472065ap2003
200388,0009,833,900.9%837115457116183967ap2004
200494,5009,840,5001.0%867516158624986367ap2005
2013104,9209,928,3511.1%1139821149736091578ap2014
2016107,99810,575,7801.0%1244917362433892079ap2017
2019112,50011,968,550.9%1286919757132681980ap2020
2021116,21212,220,5001.0%12494218533121483780ap2022

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Vicariate Apostolic of Mysore
    • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 121
  • Diocese of Mysore
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 32, Page 346, to Page 348
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 46, Page 83, to Page 87

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