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Roman Catholic Diocese Of Bellary

The Diocese of Bellary (Latin: 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

Ordinaries

  • Ecclesiastical superiors
    • Fr. John Forest Hogan, O.F.M. (later Bishop) (1934 – 10 March 1949)
    • Fr. Ernesto Reilly, O.F.M. (1928 – 1934)

Saints and causes for canonisation

  • Servant of God Msgr. Francis Xavier Kroot, MHM  

References

  1. ^ "Saints & Blessed – CCBI". Retrieved 17 October 2019.

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