Mysuru, Oct. 4 -- The installation of the new Bishop of Mysore, Most Rev. Dr. Francis Serrao, presently the Bishop of Shimoga Diocese, will take place on Oct. 7 at 4.30 pm at St. Joseph's Cathedral (St. Philomena's Shrine), Ashoka Road, Mysuru.

Announcing this at a press meet at Bishop House on Nelson Mandela Road, Bannimantap in city this morning, Archbishop Emeritus Most Rev. Dr. Bernard Moras, the Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Mysore, said that Most Rev. Dr. Peter Machado, Archbishop of Bangalore, will grace the occasion. Most Rev. Dr. Leopoldo Girelli, Apostolic Nuncio to India and Nepal, will preside.

The present Diocese of Mysore comprises the four civil districts of Mysuru, Mandya, Kodagu and Chamarajanagar. It has ov...