The Diocese of Mangalore embraces the entire Districts of Dakshina Kannada, Udupi and Kasargod Taluk. It is bounded on the north by the diocese of Karwar, on the south by the Diocese of Kannur, on the east by the Diocese of Chikmagalur, Shimoga and Mysore, and on the west by the Arabian Sea.
By the beginning of the XVI century the Portuguese succeeded in opening settlements in Kanara, and with these settlements there came also Missionaries into the country. In 1510 Albuquerque conquered Goa, and this made it easy for the Portuguese to send reinforcements of Missionaries to the existing stations in Kanara, and also to advance the work of evangelization. To these settlements, several local Christians from Goa migrated. The local rulers were only too glad to welcome them as permanent settlers, as they were known to be good and industrious cultivators.
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