Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bangalore

Archdiocese of Bangalore

Archidioecesis Bangalorensis
ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು ಮಹಾಧರ್ಮಕ್ಷೇತ್ರ
Archdiocese of Bangalore; Archidioecesis Bangalorensis ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು ಮಹಾಧರ್ಮಕ್ಷೇತ್ರ
	Cathedral of St Francis Xavier
Location
Country	India
Ecclesiastical province	Bangalore
Headquarters	Bangalore
Coordinates
Statistics
Area	29,950 km2 (11,560 sq mi)
Population; - Total; - Catholics (including non-members)	(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
Co-cathedral	St. Patrick's Church
Patron saint	St. Francis Xavier
Secular priests	1632
Language	Kannada Tamil 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); (1998-2004); Bernard Moras (2004-2018)
Website
	Website of the Archdiocese

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 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 , M.E.P. (1873–1880)
Bishop , M.E.P. (1880–1890)
Bishop , M.E.P. (1890–1910)
Bishop , M.E.P. (1910–1915)
Bishop , M.E.P. (1916–1922)
Bishop , M.E.P. (1922–1942)
Archbishop (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 (1998–2004)
Monsignor (Apostolic Administrator, Archdiocese of Bangalore (2004))
Archbishop Bernard Blasius Moras (2004–2018)
Archbishop Peter Machado (2018 – Present)