Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bangalore explained

Jurisdiction:Archdiocese
Bangalore
Latin:Archidioecesis Bangalorensis

ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು ಮಹಾಧರ್ಮಕ್ಷೇತ್ರ

Country: India
Province:Bangalore
Area Km2:29,950
Population:29,890,000
Population As Of:2012
Catholics:425,000
Catholics Percent:1.4
Parishes:135
Denomination:Roman Catholic
Rite:Latin Rite or Roman rite
Established:13 February 1940
Cathedral:St. Francis Xavier's Cathedral, Bangalore
Cocathedral:St. Patrick's Church
Patron:St. Francis Xavier
Priests:1632
Bishop Title:Archbishop
Metro Archbishop:Peter Machado
Suffragan:for one -->
Vicar General:Rt. Rev. Msgr. S. Jayanathan, Rt. Rev. Msgr. C. Francis
Episcopal Vicar:Rt. Rev. Msgr. Xavier Manavath, CMF
Archdeacon:for one-->
Emeritus Bishops:Bernard Moras (2004-2018)
Map:Map of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bangalore.png
Website:Website of the Archdiocese
Headquarters:Bangalore
Sui Iuris Church:Roman Church
Founded:1845
Language:KannadaTamilEnglish

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.

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

Saints and causes for canonisation

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Saints & Blessed – CCBI. Oct 17, 2019. 18 February 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200218103142/http://ccbi.in/saints-blessed/. live.
  2. Web site: 1964 . 2023-04-19 . newsaints.faithweb.com . 6 November 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141106143553/http://newsaints.faithweb.com/year/1964.htm . live .