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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.
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 .
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.
[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]
The Congregation of the Apostolic Carmel - Karnataka Province is a catholic women's congregation situated in Mangalore in the state of Karnataka, India. It was established in the year 1870 by three Catholic nuns from France of the order of Sisters of the Apostolic Carmel .
A scholarship corpus fund started in the 1960s, has facilitated financial assistance even to this day, to several deserving students of the Mangalorean Catholic Community in Bangalore. KCA is a major contributor in terms of land and funds to the Konkan Samudai Bhavan (KSB), which is a building to help members of the Kanara Catholic Community.
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 ...
The Holy Cross Church is a Roman Catholic church situated at Cordel in the Kulshekar locality of Mangalore, India. It caters to nearly 6,500 people distributed in 32 Varados (Konkani: Wards). Although the church was not yet built then, the French missionary, Fr. Alexander Dubious, commonly known by the locals as "Frad Saib" served as the first ...