Roman Catholic Diocese of Bellary

History

• 15 June 1928: Established as Mission “sui iuris” of Bellary from the Diocese of Hyderabad and Metropolitan Archdiocese of Madras
• 10 March 1949: Promoted as Diocese of Bellary

  Leadership

• Bishops of Bellary
• * Bishop Henry D’Souza
• * Archbishop Bernard Blasius Moras
• * Bishop Joseph D’Silva
• * Bishop Ambrose Papaiah Yeddanapalli, O.F.M.
• * Bishop John Forest Hogan, O.F.M.
• Ecclesiastical Superiors of Bellary
• * Fr. John Forest Hogan, O.F.M.
• * Fr. Ernesto Reilly, O.F.M.

  Saints and causes for canonisation

• Servant of God Msgr. Francis Xavier Kroot, MHM