Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bangalore

The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bangalore (Latin: Archidioecesis Bangalorensis) is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in India. It was erected as pro-vicariate from (16 March 1845 to 2 April 1850), as Vicariate from (3 April 1850 - 31 August 1886), as Diocese of Mysore - Bangalore in the Ecclesiastical Metropolitan Province of Pondicherry in Southern India from (1 September 1886 - 12 February 1940), as Diocese of Bangalore on 13 February 1940 by Pope Pius XII, and elevated to the rank of a Metropolitan Archdiocese on 19 September 1953, with the Suffragan Dioceses of Belgaum, Bellary, Chikmagalur, Gulbarga, Karwar, Mangalore, Udupi, Mysore, and Shimoga.

Archdiocese of Bangalore

Archidioecesis Bangalorensis

ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು ಮಹಾಧರ್ಮಕ್ಷೇತ್ರ

St. Francis Xavier's Metropolitan Cathedral
Location
Country India
Ecclesiastical provinceBangalore
HeadquartersBangalore
Coordinates12.9926881°N 77.6112872°E / 12.9926881; 77.6112872
Statistics
Area29,950 km2 (11,560 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2012)
29,890,000
425,000 (1.4%)
Parishes135
Information
DenominationRoman Catholic
Sui iuris churchRoman Church
RiteLatin Rite or Roman rite
Established13 February 1940
CathedralSt. Francis Xavier's Cathedral, Bangalore
Co-cathedralSt. Patrick's Church
Patron saintSt. Francis Xavier
Secular priests1632
LanguageKannada

Tamil

English
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
Metropolitan ArchbishopPeter Machado
Vicar GeneralRt. Rev. Msgr. S. Jayanathan, Rt. Rev. Msgr. C. Francis
Episcopal VicarsRt. Rev. Msgr. Xavier Manavath, CMF
Bishops emeritusAlphonsus Mathias (1986-1998)
Bernard Moras (2004-2018)
Website
Website of the Archdiocese

The archdiocese's mother church and thus seat of its archbishop is the St. Francis Xavier's Cathedral, Bangalore; Bangalore also houses St. Mary's Basilica. Bishop Peter Machado was appointed Archbishop of Bangalore by Pope Francis on 19 March 2018.

List of Vicar Apostolic, Bishop and Archbishops of Bangalore

  • Bishop Etienne-Louis Charbonnaux, M.E.P. (1845–1873)
  • Bishop Joseph-Auguste Chevalier, M.E.P. (1873–1880)
  • Bishop Jean-Yves-Marie Coadou, M.E.P. (1880–1890)
  • Bishop Eugène-Louis Kleiner, M.E.P. (1890–1910)
  • Bishop Augustin-François Baslé, M.E.P. (1910–1915)
  • Bishop Hippolyte Teissier, M.E.P. (1916–1922)
  • Bishop Maurice-Bernard-Benoit-Joseph Despatures, M.E.P. (1922–1942)
  • Archbishop Thomas Pothacamury (1942–1967)
  • His Eminence Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy (Auxiliary Bishop (1962-1964), Coadjutor Archbishop (1964-1967), Archbishop of Bangalore (1967–1971))
  • Archbishop Packiam Arokiaswamy (1971–1986)
  • Archbishop Alphonsus Mathias (1986–1998)
  • Archbishop Ignatius Paul Pinto (1998–2004)
  • Monsignor Thomas Jabamalai (Apostolic Administrator, Archdiocese of Bangalore (2004))
  • Archbishop Bernard Blasius Moras (2004–2018)
  • Archbishop Peter Machado (2018 – Present)
Domes and crosses of the St. Francis Xavier's Cathedral seen against the Bangalore skyline
St. Francis Xavier's Cathedral

Saints and causes for canonisation

See also

References

  1. "Saints & Blessed – CCBI". Archived from the original on 18 February 2020. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
  2. "1964". newsaints.faithweb.com. Archived from the original on 6 November 2014. Retrieved 19 April 2023.


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