BISHOP OF ROME
BISHOP OF GULBARGA
VICAR GENERAL
Editor
The Diocese of Gulbarga was erected by Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI on 24th June 2005 as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Bangalore. It was formally inaugurated on 18th August 2005 on the occasion of the Episcopal Ordination of Mons. Robert Miranda the first bishop of the newly formed diocese. This Diocese consists of four civil districts of North Karnataka, namely Bidar, Gulbarga, Bijapur and Yadgir – all considered to be the most backward area of the state. At present we have 7,729 Catholics as against 7.2 million people in the diocese.
The Pallotti Vridhi Vikas (PVV) Trust was inaugurated on 25 March 2022 at St Joseph the Worker Church Campus, Muchulamba. PVV Trust was inaugurated with a Medical Camp by Fr Vincent, Fr Mark, and Fr Prashanth SAC. On this occasion, a Free Medical Camp in collaboration with Mother Theresa Charitable Hospital was organized for the […]
Two deacons were ordained as Priests for Gulbarga Diocese by Most Rev Dr Robert Michel Miranda, the Bishop of Gulbarga on 13 May 2022 at St Antony Minor Basilica, Dornahalli, Mysore The solemn Eucharistic celebration was presided over by the bishop along with other concelebrant priests including Msgr. Stany Lobo, Vicar General of the diocese, […]
