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Roman Catholic Diocese of Gulbarga

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Diocese of Gulbarga
Location
CountryIndia
MetropolitanBangalore
Statistics
Area38,752 km2 (14,962 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
7,012,492
6,425
Parishes16
Information
DenominationCatholic
RiteRoman
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopRobert Miranda

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Gulbarga in India was created on June 24, 2005. It is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Bangalore. Its first bishop is Rev. Robert Miranda. The parish church Mother Mary of Divine Grace in Gulbarga will be the cathedral for the diocese. It was the 150th diocese of India, and the 120th of Latin Rite.

The diocese covers an area of 38,752 km² of the Karnataka state previously belonging to the Archdiocese of Hyderabad and the dioceses of Bellary and Belgaum.

The total population in the diocese is 7,012,492, of which 6,425 are Catholic. The diocese is subdivided into 16 parishes.

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