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| jurisdiction = Diocese<!-- Type of jurisdiction: i.e. Diocese or Archdiocese --><br />
| name = Sindhudurg<br />
| latin = Dioecesis Sindhudurgiensis<br />
| local = Diocese de Sindhudurg<br>सिंधुदुर्ग के सूबा<br />
| image = Milagri's School and Church in Salaiwada in Savantwadi - panoramio.jpg<br />
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| country = {{flag|India}}<br />
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| metropolitan = [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Goa and Daman|Archdiocese of Goa and Daman]]<br />
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| area_km2 = 21,099<br />
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| population = 5,365,706<br />
| population_as_of = 2005<br />
| catholics = 29,794<br />
| catholics_percent = 0.6<br />
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| denomination = [[Catholic Church|Catholic]]<br />
| sui_iuris_church = [[Latin Church]]<br />
| rite = [[Roman Rite]]<br />
| established = 5 July 2005<br />
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| cathedral = Cathedral of Our Lady of Miracles in [[Sawantvadi]]<br />
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| bishop = [[Antonio Agnelo Jacinto Pineiro]]<br />
| metro_archbishop = [[Filipe Neri Ferrão]]<br />
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[[Anthony Alwyn Fernandes Barreto]]<br />
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The '''Roman Catholic Diocese of Sindhudurg''' (''Dioecesis Sindhudurgiensis'') in [[India]] was created on July 5, 2005, when it was split from the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Poona]]. It was a suffragan diocese of the [[Archdiocese of Bombay]] until 25 November 2006, when Pope [[Benedict XVI]] transferred it to the newly established Metropolitan province of [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Goa e Damão|Goa and Damão]]. The parish church in [[Sawantwadi]], dedicated to Our Lady of Miracles, serves as the cathedral for the diocese.<br />
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The diocese covers an area of 21,099&nbsp;km² of the state [[Maharashtra]], covering the districts [[Sindhudurg]], [[Ratnagiri district|Ratnagiri]] and [[Kolhapur]] except the St. Francis Xavier parish in Kolhapur City. Neighboring dioceses are the [[Archdiocese of Goa and Daman]] to the south, the [[Diocese of Belgaum]] to the southeast, to the east the Diocese of Poona, to the north the [[Archdiocese of Bombay]], and to the west is the [[Arabian Sea]].<br />
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The total population in the diocese is 5,365,706, of which 29,794 are Catholic. The diocese is divided into 19 [[parish]]es.<br />
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Bishop [[Anthony Alwyn Fernandes Barreto]], is the first Bishop of the Diocese and has served all his life for the Diocese. He comes from an aristocratic family from Velsao Goa which has been knighted by the King of Portugal during the Portuguese rule.<br />
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In 2015, a true witness of Bishop Alwyn, from London, stated that, Bishop Alwyn is 'A man of our time' 'Simple person' and He is widely known as a 'Smiling Bishop'.{{citation needed|date=December 2015}}<br />
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Its stated that Bishop Alwyn has put every penny from his side to the Diocese of Sindhudurgh, the share that he had received from his ancestry has been put in the Diocese to purchase land for the benefit of building schools.<br />
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On 14 February, 2026 His Holiness [[Pope Leo XIV]], announced [[Monsignor|Msgr]][[. Agnelo Pinheiro]] as the second Bishop of this Dioceses. He is a priest of the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Goa and Daman|Archdiocese of Goa and Daman]]<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[https://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/sind0.htm GCatholic.org]<br />
*[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dsind.html Catholic-hierarchy.org]<br />
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070930154837/http://www.fides.org/eng/news/2005/0507/05_5250.html Vatican press release on the creation]<br />
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