Bernard Moras

Styles of
**Bernard Moras**
Styles of; Bernard Moras
Reference style	The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Monsignor
Posthumous style	not applicable

Bernard Moras

Bishop
Bernard Moras; Bishop
Church	Roman Catholic
Archdiocese	Bangalore
See	Bangalore
Appointed	22 July 2004
Installed	17 September 2004
Term ended	19 March 2018
Predecessor
Successor	Peter Machado
Orders
Ordination	6 December 1967
Consecration	25 February 1997; by cardinal Simon Ignatius Pimenta
Personal details
Born	10 August 1941 (age 80); Kuppepadavu, Mangaluru, India
Previous post(s)	Bishop of Belgaum (1996–2004); Apostolic Administrator of Bellary (2006–2008); Archbishop of Bangalore (2004-2018);
Motto	In thee we hope–Mary our Mother;

Bernard Blasius Moras (born 10 August 1941) is an Indian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church, is the Archbishop Emeritus of the Archdiocese of Bangalore.

Early life[]

Born in Kuppepadavu, Mangalore, Karnataka,

Priesthood[]

Moras was ordained to the priesthood on 6 December 1967. During his priestly ministry, he was very involved with health care.

Episcopate[]

On 30 November 1996, Moras was appointed Bishop of Belgaum by Pope John Paul II. He was consecrated on 25 February 1997 by Cardinal Simon Pimenta, with Bishops Aloysius D'Souza and serving as co-consecrators. Moras chose as his episcopal motto: "In Thee We Hope–Mary Our Mother."

Moras was later named Archbishop of Bangalore on 22 July 2004, being installed on 17 September. The installation was attended by three cardinals and by all the priests of Bangalore diocese.

Pope Benedict XVI bestowed the pallium, a woolen garment reserved to metropolitan archbishops, upon Moras on 29 June 2005. In 2006.

Moras condemned Dan Brown's novel The Da Vinci Code as "vicious" and "diabolic".^[1] He called all Christians to boycott the film version, which he requested of the Indian film board to be banned from the country.

Moras also chairs the Pastoral Commission for Health of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of India and is the Ecclesiastical Advisor to the .

Moras takes part in the documentary The Indian Priest about Indian missionary priest Raphael Curian from 2015.

References[]

^ Catholic Online. Catholic bishops, groups warn of ‘Da Vinci Code’ assault on beliefs, see it as teaching moment Archived 29 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine 17 May 2006

External links[]

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by	Archbishop of Bangalore 2004–present	Incumbent

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[1] Catholic Online. Catholic bishops, groups warn of ‘Da Vinci Code’ assault on beliefs, see it as teaching moment Archived 29 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine 17 May 2006

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