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St. Joseph Church, Belman[1] is a Roman Catholic church and Parish is located in Belmannu, Karkala taluk, Udupi district, Karnataka, India. Formerly part of the Diocese of Mangalore, it became part of the Diocese of Udupi after Udupi became a separate diocese on 15 October 2011.[2] The parish is part of the Archdiocese of Bangalore. It observes the Latin rite, with mass celebrated in Konkani with bilingual Kannada masses held on certain feast days.
St. Joseph Church | |
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St. Joseph Church and Parish of Belman | |
13°09′58.5″N 74°52′12.2″E | |
Location | Belmannu, Karkala taluk, Udupi district, Karnataka, India |
Country | India |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Tradition | Latin Rite in Konkani |
Website | stjosephchurchbelman.com |
History | |
Former name(s) | St. Joseph Chapel |
Authorising papal bull | 29 November 1886 |
Status | Parish |
Founded | 10 September 1894 |
Dedication | St. Joseph |
Events |
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Architecture | |
Groundbreaking | 1887 |
Administration | |
District | Udupi district |
Province | Bangalore |
Archdiocese | Archdiocese of Bangalore |
Diocese | Udupi |
Parish | Belman |
Clergy | |
Archbishop | Peter Machado |
Bishop(s) | Gerald Isaac Lobo |
Priest(s) | Rev. Fr Frederick Mascarenhas |
Assistant priest(s) | Rev. Fr Arnold Mathias SDB |
The parish was founded in 1894. Its Catholic population is about 2,600 (in about 540 families), and it is divided into 21 wards. The Staff of St. Joseph (Konkani: ಸಾಂ ಜುಜೆಚಿ ಬೆತ್ಕಾಟಿ, romanized: San Zuzechi Betkati) is the parish newsletter. Baptist Mudartha, former bishop of Allahabad, is from the Parish.[3]
St. Joseph Church is 48 kilometres (30 mi) north of Mangalore on the Padubidri-Kudremukh State Highway, and is surrounded by the parishes of St. Theresa of Child Jesus, The Church of Perpetual Succour, Our Lady of Sorrows - Shirva, St. John Bosco -Kelmbet, Our Lady of Fatima, St. Francis Xavier - Mudarangadi and St. Pius X Church.
Christian missionaries entered the district during the 16th century,[4] strengthening in the 17th and 18th centuries until they were imprisoned by Tippu Sultan.[5] The survivors settled into parishes. Christianity reportedly began in Shirva between 1534 and 1600.[6] The word Belmannu derived from (Kannada: ಬಿಳಿ ಮಣ್ಣು, romanized: bili mannu, "white soil"). The Belman parish was once part of the Shirva parish. There were two churches at Shirva: N. S. De Saude under the Padroado of Portuguese India with its bishop in Goa, and St. Francis Xavier under the Sacred Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith (Latin: Sacra congregatio de propaganda fide).
Permission was granted on 29 November 1886 by Bishop Nicholas Maria Pagani S.J., the Jesuit bishop of Mangalore, for the construction of a chapel at Belman.[7] After other locations were considered, Madkamane (owned by a Brahmin family, and adjacent to the present-day church) was selected and construction of the chapel began in 1887. Construction was financed by the Mathias family, and the chapel was completed in seven years.
Permission to consecrate the chapel was granted by Bishop Nicholas Maria Pagani S.J. on 10 September 1894. The bishop's decree delineated Belman as a separate parish and appointed Nicholas Carneiro of St. Francis Xavier Church in Shirva to expand his priestly duties to the new parish. The chapel was blessed by Carneiro, who served the Belman parish from Shirva for a number of years, on 10 September 1894. The chapel had mud walls; its roof was thatched with hay, and it had no rectory or belfry. On 12 December 1900, the boundary between the Kirem and Belman parishes was settled.
A 23 December 1914 decree defined the boundaries of the Belman, Kirem, Kinnigoli and the future Bolkunje parishes. Since the chapel's roof had weakened, the foundation stone for a church was laid on 24 December 1922. The new church was consecrated on 2 May 1933 by Bishop Victor R. Fernandes. Only the sanctuary and main altar were plastered; the rest of the church was not yet built.
The Kelmbet parish was formed from Belman, and a chapel was built there by a decree dated 11 April 1964. St. Joseph High School was founded in November 1981. A 21 November 1982 decree formed the Mukamar parish from Belman. St. Joseph English Medium School was founded on 3 June 2012.
Name | Role | From | To |
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Jerome D'Souza | Headmaster | 10 August 1942 | 10 April 1943 |
Ambrose C. Aranha | School administrator | 23 March 1944 | 8 September 1944 |
Raymond D'Cunha | Headmaster | 9 September 1944 | 5 May 1949 |
Thomas D'Sa | Headmaster | 8 May 1949 | 11 May 1954 |
Norbert D'Souza | Administrator | 16 May 1954 | 20 April 1957 |
Name | From | To |
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Gregory D'Souza | March 1958 | March 1964 |
J. M. Pereira | 15 August 1965 | 20 January 1966 (his death) |
R. Moras | 16 April 1966 | 15 October 1968 |
Thomas D'Sa | 31 April 1969 | 24 April 1971 |
Charles Moras | 22 April 1971 | 6 December 1974 |
Name | From | To |
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Rosario Fernandes | 22 May 1980 | 27 June 1983 |
Walter D'Mello | 9 May 1984 | 25 May 1987 |
Name | From | To |
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Gerald D'Souza | 26 May 1987 | 23 May 1988 |
Victor George D'Souza | 24 May 1988 | 11 June 1990 |
Peter D'Souza | 7 June 1992 | 24 May 1993 |
Sylvester D'Costa | 14 June 1993 | 19 May 1995 |
Name | From | To |
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Michael Santhumayor | 21 May 1995 | May 1997 |
Dolphy Monteiro | May 1997 | 1998 |
Jerome D'Souza | 1998 | 2001 |
Lawrence Mascarenhas | 7 May 2001 | 26 May 2002 |
Name | From | To |
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Pascal Menezes | 27 May 2002 | 22 May 2003 |
Praveen Amrith Martis | 17 May 2003 | 17 May 2005 |
Vijay Lobo | 16 May 2005 | 27 May 2007 |
Rocky Ravi Fernandes | 10 May 2007 | 30 May 2009 |
Name | From | To |
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Edwin D'souza | 2009 | 2010 |
Melwyn Lobo | 2010 | 2011 |
Ronald Pinto | 2011 | 2012 |
John Baptist Moras | 2014 | 2016 |
Name | From | To |
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Melwyn Roy Lobo | 2017 | 2018 |
Name | From | To |
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Prakash Menezes | 2018 | 2019 |
Ivan Joy Martis | 2020 | Present |
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