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13
Dec
2015

SACRED HEART CATHEDRAL - SHIMOGA

DIOCESE OF SHIMOGA

Shimoga

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Sacred Heart Cathedral : At the end of the 17th Century, the Paris Foreign Mission Society, with its Headquarters at Pondicherry, took over the administration of the Mysore Mission. The civil districts of Shimoga, Chitradurga and Chikmagalur fell into the able hands of the Fathers of the Paris Foreign Mission Society. Already in 1830, Shimoga town had a small Church and a burial ground. It was constituted into a Parish in 1847.
In 1871 a new Church began to be constructed and it was completed and blessed on 4th April 1875 and was dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. As the Catholic population increased, this Church was found to be too small and an extension was put up and inaugurated on 30th November 1976. On the erection of the Diocese of Shimoga, this Sacred Heart Church got the status of a Cathedral on 14th November 1988.
However, an entirely new Cathedral Church was started on 31st January 1994, completed and dedicated on 31st January 1998, by Most. Rev. Ignatius Pinto, the first Bishop of Shimoga.

Open Hours
EVERY DAY
6.00 am TO 12.30 pm
3.00 pm TO 7.00 pm

Times of Liturgical Celebrations
WEEK DAYS
Morning: 6.30 am Evening: 6.00 pm
Every Monday 9.00 am Holy Mass for Children

On FRIDAYS
Every First Friday of Month one Hour Adoration from 6.00 pm to 7.00 pm followed by Holy Mass
Every other Fridays at 6.00 pm half an hour Adoration followed by Holy Mass

ON SUNDAYS
Holy Mass MORNING: 6.30 am and 9.00 am
EVENING: 5.30 PM

Hours for Confession
EVERY DAY HALF AN HOUR BEFORE THE MASS

Other Information
At present the Diocese of Shimoga has 22 parishes, 18 independent mission Centres with resident priests, 10 sub-stations. There are 53 diocesan priests and 31 religious priests working in the Diocese. About 225 religious sisters belonging to 23 different religious congregations render spiritual, educational and health services in the Diocese

Shimoga

B. H Road, Shimoga - 577 201, Karnataka -INDIA, Shimoga, India