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Erection of Diocese and instalation of Bishop of Udupi on Oct 15

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September 21, 2012

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Udupi, September 21: The erection of Diocese of Udupi and installation ceremony of Most Rev. Dr. Gerald Isaac Lobo as Bishop of the new Diocese of Udupi will be held at Kallianpur Milagres Cathedral Grounds here on October 15.

The guests and Bishop designate will be given a reception at Santhekatte at 2:00 pm. The celebration begins with holy mass at Cathedral ground at 2:30 pm. The installation of Bishop of Diocese and erection of Udupi Diocese will take place during the mass. Apostolic Nuncio in India, Dr Salvotore Pennacchio will be the principal prelate along with Bishop Most Rev. Dr Gerald Isaac Lobo as the main celebrant of the mass, stated a press release issued here.

After the mass there will be public reception programme. Most Rev Dr Aloysius Paul D Souza, the Bishop of Mangalore and president of installation ceremony will welcome the gathering.

The guests of honour will be Most Rev Dr Salvatore Pennacchio, Apostolic Nuncio in India Representative of Pope, Most Rev Dr Bernard Moras, Archbishop of Bangalore, Sugunendrateertha Swamiji of Puthige Mutt, Oscar Fernandes, AICC general secretary and Rajya Sabha member, Kota Srinivas Poojary, minister for muzrai and district incharge, Udupi, Jayaprakash Hegde, MP Udupi-Chikmagalur, Raghupati Bhat, MLA Udupi, Dr M T Reju, Deputy Commissioner, Udupi district, Aboobakkar N B, chairman, KMDC and Sunetha S Poojary, president, Kallianpur ZP.

The expected participants in the unique ceremony are around 10-12 thousand along with the Nuncio, around 33 Bishops and more than 250 Priests.

On July 16, the Pope Benedict XVI announced the erection of the diocese of Udupi and appointed the present Bishop of Shimoga diocese Most Rev. Dr Gerald Isaac Lobo as its first bishop.

Present Udupi Diocese was a part of Mangalore diocese since 1887. Catholics settled in this part of district in the middle of sixteenth century most of them were Konkani speaking migrants from Goa.

The new Diocese of Udupi consists of 48 parishes belonging to Karkal, Udupi and Kundapur taluks. There are 1.25 lakh catholics, 58 Diocesan Priests, 20 Religious Priest/Brothers and 225 Religious Sisters.

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