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 | |
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Location | |
Country | India |
Ecclesiastical province | Bangalore |
Headquarters | Bangalore |
Coordinates | 12.9926881°N 77.6112872°E |
Statistics | |
Area | 29,950 km2 (11,560 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2012) 29,890,000 425,000 (1.4%) |
Parishes | 135 |
Information | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Roman Church |
Rite | Latin Rite or Roman rite |
Established | 13 February 1940 |
Cathedral | St. Francis Xavier's Cathedral, Bangalore |
Co-cathedral | St. Patrick's Church |
Patron saint | St. Francis Xavier |
Secular priests | 1632 |
Language | Kannada English |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Peter Machado |
Vicar General | Rt. Rev. Msgr. S. Jayanathan, Rt. Rev. Msgr. C. Francis |
Episcopal Vicars | Rt. Rev. Msgr. Xavier Manavath, CMF |
Bishops emeritus | Alphonsus 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)
Saints and causes for canonisation
- Ven. Veronica of the Passion (Sophia Leeves)[1]
- Servant of God Teresa of St. Rose of Lima[1]
- Servant of God Fr. Bastiampillai Anthonipillai Thomas[2]
References
- "Saints & Blessed – CCBI". Archived from the original on 18 February 2020. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
- "1964". newsaints.faithweb.com. Archived from the original on 6 November 2014. Retrieved 19 April 2023.