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Diocese of Mysore Dioecesis Mysuriensis ಮೈಸೂರು ಧರ್ಮಕ್ಷೇತ್ರ | |
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Location | |
Country | India |
Ecclesiastical province | Bangalore |
Metropolitan | Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bangalore |
Headquarters | Mysore |
Statistics | |
Area | 21,051 km2 (8,128 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2004) 9,840,500 94,500 (1.0%) |
Information | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Rite | Latin Rite |
Cathedral | Cathedral of St Philomena in Mysore |
Patron saint | St. Joseph |
Language | Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, Konkani, English |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | sede vacante |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Peter Machado |
Apostolic Administrator | Bernard Moras |
Bishops emeritus | Thomas Antony Vazhapilly, Kannikadass William Antony |
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Mysore (Latin: Mysurien(sis)) is a suffragan Latin diocese, in the ecclesiastical province of Bangalore in southern India, yet depends on the missionary Dicastery for Evangelization. Its cathedral episcopal see is St. Philomena's Cathedral in the city of Mysore in Karnataka.