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Platinum Jubilee celebration of Bellary Diocese, Day 2 (Nov 28, 2024)

Platinum Jubilee celebration of Bellary Diocese, Day 1 (Nov 27, 2024)

History : 

In 1928, the Holy See detached the two districts of Raichur and Gulbarga from the Diocese of Hyderabad and the district of Bellary from the Archdiocese of Madras-Mylapore and formed the new Mission "Sui Juris" of Bellary. It was entrusted to the pastoral care of the Order of Friars Minor of the English province. In the course of twenty years, the development of the Mission was considered sufficient to be constituted as a Diocese. This took place in 1949 with Rt. Rev. John Forest Hogan, OFM, appointed as the first Bishop of Bellary.

During the reorganization of India into linguistic states, certain territories, which had become part of Andhra Pradesh, namely Tandur, Adoni and Rayadurga taluks went to Hyderabad and Nellore dioceses respectively in 1959. Later the Adoni and Rayadurga taluks were transferred to the newly created diocese of Kurnool. On 24th June 2005 a new diocese of Gulbarga was created. The diocese of Bellary now consists of Bellary, Raichur and Koppal districts of Karnataka. Presently, the Bellary Diocese has, to the North is the diocese of Gulbarga, to the South the diocese of Shimoga, to the East the diocese of Kurnool and to the West the diocese of Belgaum.

(Courtesy : bellarydiocese.in)