Roman Catholic Diocese of Udupi

Diocese of Udupi Dioecesis Udupiensis
Milagres Church (Kallianpur) (Church of Our Lady of Miracles)
Location
Country	India
Territory	Karnataka
Ecclesiastical province	Bangalore
Metropolitan	Bangalore
Deaneries	5
Coordinates	13°23′45″N 74°44′10″E / 13.3957286°N 74.7362242°E / 13.3957286; 74.7362242
Statistics
Area	3,501 km2 (1,352 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2012) 1,445,240 106,149 (7.3%)
Parishes	52
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	October 2012
Cathedral	Cathedral of Our Lady of the Miracles in Udupi
Patron saint	Our Lady of Miracles
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Gerald Isaac Lobo
Metropolitan Archbishop	Peter Machado
Vicar General	Ferdinand Gonsalves
Website
Website of the Diocese

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Udupi (Latin: Dioecesis Udupiensis) is a diocese located in the Kallianpur town of Udupi District of Karnataka, India. It was announced by Pope Benedict XVI on 16 July 2012.^[1] It comprises the six civil talukas Udupi, Bramavara, Karkala, Kapu, Kundapura and Byndoor and is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Bangalore. The diocese now contains 47 parishes, the newly elevated Cathedral which was previously a parish church as "Church of Our Lady of Miracles" or the Milagres Church, the parish was partitioned from the Mangalore Diocese, while the parish church was elevated to the Cathedral of Our Lady of Miracles.^[2]