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The Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Belthangady is an Eastern Catholic eparchy in Belthangady, India, under the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church. It was established in 1999 by Pope John Paul II's Bull "Cum Ampla". It is a suffragan diocese of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Archeparchy of Tellicherry. This eparchy has been established for the Syro-Malabar Catholics of the three civil districts of Karnataka State, viz., Kodagu, Dakshina Kannada and Udupi district. Bishop of this diocese is Mar Lawrence Mukkuzhy. ==History== In the middle of the 20th century there were lots of migrations from Southern Kerala to Northern Kerala, to the southern parts of Karnataka and South Western parts of Tamil Nadu. The migration of Syro-Malabar Catholics to various parts of Karnataka, mainly Dakshina Kannada, Kodagu, Chickmagalur district, Shimoga district took place in 1950s. The migration to these areas were encouraged by the availability of agriculture land and the encouragement from the then Madras Government. The spiritual needs of these Syrian Catholics were met by the Diocese of Mangalore, Diocese of Mysore and Diocese of Chikmagalur. The Diocese of Tellicherry was erected by the Bull 'Ad Christi Ecclesiam Regendaam' on 31st December 1953 by His Holiness Pope Pius XII of happy memory, as a suffrogan of the Archdiocese of Ernakulam, for the Catholics of Syro-Malabar Church migrated to Malabar from Travancore and Cochin states. Mar Sebastian Vallopilly became the first Bishop of the Diocese. As the Catholics of the Syro-Malabar community migrated even to the states of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, the boundaries of Diocese of Tellicherry were extended to the present Latin Diocese of Mangalore, Diocese of Chikmagalur, Diocese of Mysore, Diocese of Shimoga and Diocese of Ootacamund on April 29, 1955. In order to overcome the hindrances of language the CMI Fathers came with helping hands and later priests from the Diocese of Tellicherry. The cultural difference especially the language difference was a problem for the priests from Tellicherry for the fruitful pastoral activities here. So the development of the parishes in Karnataka remained far behind comparing to the parishes in Kerala. In March 1, 1973, the Diocese of Mananthavady was formed by bifurcating the Diocese of Tellicherry. The territory of the new Diocese was extended to the districts of Shimoga, Chickmagalur, Hassan, Mandya, Chamarajanagar and Mysore in Karnataka. The districts of Dakshina Kannada (including present Udupi District) and Kodagu remained under the Diocese of Tellicherry. As Dakshina Kannada (including present Udupi District) is in Karnataka State with a different language and culture, it was difficult to cater to the spiritual needs of the faithful directly from Tellicherry. Hence it was declared a Mission Province of the Archdiocese of Tellicherry on the 11 th November 1979 by Mar Mar Sebastian Valloppilly and appointed Very Rev. Fr. K.M. Peter as the Episcopal Vicar of the Mission. Very Rev. Fr. Peter Koottiany was the Episcopal Vicar of D.K.Mission till May 16, 1997. During the 18 years of his able and dedicated leadership the D. K. Mission grew to become a Diocese later. The Diocese of Belthangady was erected by the Papal Bull "CUM AMPLA", dated 24th April 1999, of His Holiness Pope St. John Paul II as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Tellicherry. This diocese has been established for the Syro-Malabar Catholics of the three civil districts of Karnataka State, viz., Kodagu, Dakshina Kannada and Udupi District. It took more than 50 years for the Syro-Malabar Catholics living in this area to become a Diocese.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=History )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Belthangady」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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