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The Diocese of Mangalore (Latin: Diocesis Mangalorensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church located in the city of Mangalore, India. The diocese is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Bangalore .
The Mangalorean Catholic diaspora is scattered across the globe. [100] Many Mangalorean Catholics are found in Persian Gulf Arab states in the Middle East. The Mangalorean Catholic Association of Sydney (MCAS) has estimated that around 300 Mangalorean Catholic families live in Sydney, Australia, with a lot of second generation families.
[9] [10] [11] [32] There was one instance in the Mangalorean Catholic community, wherein some Protestant Anglo-Indians were admitted into the Bamonn fold, by Catholic priests at the time of their conversion to Catholic Christianity, [33] their descendants are known as Pulputhru Bamonns (Pulpit Brahmins). [33] [verification needed]
Tipu Sultan, imposed the Captivity of Mangalorean Catholics at Seringapatam.The Mangalorean Catholics were later freed after the British killed Tippu Sultan. The commencement of British rule in Canara, following the defeat of Tippu Sultan in 1799, was a matter of joy for the Canara Catholics because it meant liberation of their brethren from 15 years of captivity in Srirangapatnam.
St. Aloysius Chapel (Italian: Cappella di San Luigi, Portuguese: Capela de São Luís), or the chapel of St. Aloysius College, is a Catholic chapel in Mangalore in the state of Karnataka in southwest India. The chapel is situated in the heart of the city on the Lighthouse Hill.
D'Souza organised the World Konkani Conference and the All India Bishops Conference in Mangalore. [1] He translated the Bible into Konkani in a mini-pocket form. [1] He has made strenuous efforts into propagating Roman Catholicism in Mangalore, as well as promoting communal harmony among the local populace. [1]
The History of Mangalorean Catholics begins with the legacy of Lusitanian culture, from the conversion of their Konkani ancestors to Roman Catholicism in the colonies of the Portuguese in Goa and Bombay, followed by the migration of the Roman Catholics in Goa to Mangalore and other parts of South Canara between the mid-16th and mid-18th centuries, forming a unique Mangalorean Catholic identity ...
At the request of the Superior General of the Society of Jesus, D'Souza founded in Pune (India) the Indian Social Institute (now in New-Delhi, 10, Institutional Area, Lodhi Road New Delhi), and started publishing a journal Social Action in 1951 that has nowadays is a large circulation in social and academic circles. He became its first Director ...