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Diocese of Mysore

Rite:

Latin

Population:

5,940,262

Status:

Diocese

Catholics:

63218

Founded:

1 September 1886

Diocesan Priests:

Total area:

1166 sqkm

Religious Priests:

Province:

Bangalore

Religious Sisters:

863

Region:

Karnataka

Seminarians:

Patron:

St. Joseph

Languages:

KannadaKonkani Malayalam English

Civil States:

Karnataka: Mysore Mandya Coorg and Chamarajanagar

Contact Diocese Office :

Bishop's House B.N. RoadMysore 570 001. KARNATAKA.

Telephone 1:

0821-24 43 545 / 0821-25 65 708

Fax:

25 65 708

E-Mail Office:

bishmysore@gmail.com

Website:

mysorediocese.com

Most Rev. Kannikadass William Antony, Bishops of Mysore

Name:

Most Rev. Kannikadass William Antony

Designation:

Bishops

Canonical Possession:

2017-

Telephone (P):

E-mail (P):

Other Present & Retired Ordinaries of the Diocese of Mysore

Bishops Name	Designation	Period
	Retired	2003-2015

Pilgrim Centres in theDiocese of Mysore

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History of the Diocese of Mysore

The Mission of Mysore was separated from the Vicariate Apostolic of Pondicherry on March 16 1845 to become first a pro-Vicariate and then in 1850 a Vicariate Apostolic entrusted to Msgr Charbonnaux who was till then Co-adjutor to the Bishop of Pondicherry.

In 1886 the Vicariate of Mysore was elevated to a Diocese and its Vicar Apostolic Msgr Coadou became its First Bishop residing however in Bangalore. Untill 1940 the Diocese of Mysore included the entire districts of Mysore Coorg and Kollegal but on February 13 1940 by the Apostolic Letter "Felicius Increscente" of Pius XII Bangalore was separated from Mysore and the Bishop of former Mysore Diocese Bp M.B. Despatures became the Bishop of Bangalore comprising the districts of Bangalore Kolar Tumkur and Chitradurga.

The Diocese of Mysore (as distinct from Bangalore) was reconstituted in 1941 with the addition of the Nilgiris district and part of the Coimbatore district.

However 15 years later on July 3 1955 by the Apostolic Constitution "Nuntiatur in Psalmis" of Pope Pius XII these districts of Nilgiris and Coimbatore were again separated from Mysore and erected into Diocese of Ootacamund (Ooty) in Tamil Nadu.

On November 16 1963 by the Apostolic Constitution "Indicae Regionis Conditio" of Pope Paul VI three most districts Chikmagalur Hassan Shimoga were separated from the Mysore Diocese to form the Diocese of Chikmagalur.

The present Diocese of Mysore comprises the four districts of Mysore Mandya Coorg & Chamarajanagara. It is surrounded by the Archdiocese of Bangalore Diocese of Ooty Calicut Mangalore and Chikmagalur.

Prelates of the Diocese of Mysore

Prelate's Status	Period	Prelate's Status	Period
Bishop	1994 - 2003	Bishop	1986 - 1993
Bishops	1963 - 1985	Bishops	1962 - 1963
Bishop	1959-1961	Bishop	1922-1940
Bishop	1916-1922	Bishops	1910-1915
Bishops	1890-1910	Bishop	1886 - 1890
Bishop	1880 - 1886	Bishop	1873 - 1880
	1850 - 1873