Ecclesiastical Details

Diocese of Gulbarga
Heirarchy of the Diocese
Rite:
 Latin
Population:
 7012492
 
Status:
 Diocese
Catholics:
6600
 
Founded:
 00:00.0
Diocesan Priests:
 35
  Total area:
30814 sq kms
Religious Priests:
 28
 
Province:
Bangalore
Religious Sisters:
 168
 
Region:
Karnataka
Seminarians:
 9
  Patron:
Mary Mother of God
  Languages: Kannada Konkani Tamil
  Civil States: Karnataka: Bidar Gulbarga and Bijapur
Contact Diocese Office :
 Bishops House Mariapura Kendriya Vidyalaya Road Village KotnoorNandikur Post 585 102 Gulbarga KARNATAKA
Telephone 1:
 08472-27 27 05 / 27 27 702
Fax:
27 27 702
 
E-Mail Office:
 gulbargadiocese@gmailcom
Website:
 
Most Rev Robert Miranda, Bishops of Gulbarga
Name:
 Most Rev Robert Miranda
Designation:
 Bishops   Canonical Possession: 2005-
Telephone (P):
E-mail (P):
 
Other Present & Retired Ordinaries of the Diocese of Gulbarga
 
Pilgrim Centres in theDiocese of Gulbarga
 
Ecclesiastical Institutions
  
Social / Charitable Institutions / Care Centres
Educational Institutions
Parishes:
25
  
Hospitals:
5
    
Degree Colleges:
Major Seminaries:
 
Orphanages:
   
Technical Training Centres:
5
Minor Seminaries:
1
  
Special Schools:
   
High Schools:
19
Monastries:
 
Crèches:
1
    
Lower Primary Schools:
28
Convents:
 
Counselling Centres:
   
Presses & Media Centres:
Formation Houses:
 
Social Centres:
7
    
Professional Colleges:
Retreat Centres:
 
Dispensaries / Clinics:
5
    
Parallel Colleges:
 
Physically Challenged:
   
Higher Secondary :
6
       
Boarding Houses:
14
    
Upper Primary Schools:
28
       
HIV / AIDS Centres:
3
    
Nurseries/Pre-Primary :
24
       
De-addiction Centres:
       
          Aged & Destitute:        
     
       
History of the Diocese of Gulbarga
  

The Diocese of Gulbarga was erected on June 24 2005 It is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Bangalore It is the 150th diocese of India and the 120th of Latin Rite

The diocese covers an area of 38752 km-ý 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 7012492 of which 6425 are Catholic The diocese is subdivided into 16 parishes Its first bishop is Most Rev Robert Miranda
 
Prelates of the Diocese of Gulbarga