Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Bangalore

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bangalore

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bangalore

Roman Catholic archdiocese in Karnataka, India

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.

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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

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


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