The Diocese of Bellary () is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in India. Its episcopal see is Bellary. The diocese is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Bangalore.
History 15 June 1928: Established as Mission "sui iuris" of Bellary from the Diocese of Hyderabad and Archdiocese of Madras 10 March 1949: Promoted as Diocese of Bellary
Ordinaries Ecclesiastical superiors Fr. John Forest Hogan, O.F.M. (later Bishop) (1934 – 10 March 1949) Fr. Ernesto Reilly, O.F.M. (1928 – 1934)
Bishops Bishop Henry D'Souza (15 March 2008 – present) Archbishop Bernard Blasius Moras (Apostolic Administrator 18 November 2006 – 15 March 2008) Bishop Joseph D'Silva (6 October 1992 – 17 November 2006) Bishop Ambrose Papaiah Yeddanapalli, O.F.M. (10 December 1963 – 1992) Bishop John Forest Hogan, O.F.M. (10 March 1949 – 23 September 1962)
Saints and causes for canonisation Servant of God Msgr. Francis Xavier Kroot, MHM
External links Official diocese website GCatholic.org Catholic Hierarchy
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