Roman Catholic Diocese of Bellary

The Diocese of Bellary (Bellaryen(sis)) 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