The Roman Catholic

Metropolitan Metropolitan may refer to: * Metropolitan area, a region consisting of a densely populated urban core and its less-populated surrounding territories * Metropolitan borough, a form of local government district in England * Metropolitan county, a typ ...

Archdiocese In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associate ...

of Bangalore ( la, Archidioecesis Bangalorensis) is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the

Catholic Church in India The Catholic Church in India is part of the worldwide Catholic Church under the leadership of the Pope (''Romanus Pontifex''). There are over 20 million Catholics 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 Pope Pius XII ( it, Pio XII), born Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli (; 2 March 18769 October 1958), was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 2 March 1939 until his death in October 1958. Before his e ...

, and elevated to the rank of a Metropolitan Archdiocese on 19 September 1953, with the

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Dioceses of

Belgaum Belgaum (ISO 15919, ISO: ''Bēḷagāma''; also Belgaon and officially known as Belagavi) is a city in the Indian state of Karnataka located in its northern part along the Western Ghats. It is the administrative headquarters of the eponymous ...

, Bellary, Chikmagalur,

Gulbarga Kalaburagi, formerly known as Gulbarga, is a city in the Indian state of Karnataka. It is the administrative headquarters of the Kalaburagi district and is the largest city in the region of North Karnataka (Kalyana-Karnataka). Kalaburagi is 6 ...

, 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 St. Francis Xavier's Cathedral is the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bangalore in India. Initially, Bangalore was the seat of the diocese of Mysore from 1886 to 1940 and during this time, St. Patrick's church in Bangalore was th ...

; 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. The Society of Foreign Missions of Paris (french: Société des Missions Etrangères de Paris, short M.E.P.) is a Roman Catholic missionary organization. It is not a religious institute, but an organization of secular priests and lay persons ...

(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 Archbishop Packiam Arokiaswamy (born 1921 in Kombeikadu) was an Indian prelate and bishop A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bish ...

(1971–1986) *Archbishop

Alphonsus Mathias Alphonsus Mathias (born on June 22, 1928, in Pangala, India) is a retired Roman Catholic archbishop of the archdiocese of Bangalore. Biography He was ordained a priest on 24 August 1954 and was appointed as the bishop of the Diocese of Chikma ...

(1986–1998) *Archbishop

Ignatius Paul Pinto Ignatius Paul Pinto (18 May 1925 – 8 February 2023) was an Indian Roman Catholic prelate. He was bishop of Shimoga from 1988 to 1998 and archbishop of Bangalore Bangalore (), officially Bengaluru (), is the capital and largest cit ...

(1998–2004) *Monsignor Thomas Jabamalai (Apostolic Administrator, Archdiocese of Bangalore (2004)) *Archbishop Bernard Blasius Moras (2004–2018) *Archbishop

Peter Machado Peter Machado is an Indian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was appointed Metropolitan Archbishop of Bangalore by Pope Francis and was installed in May 2018 as Archbishop of Bangalore. Archbishop Peter Machado was born on 26 May 195 ...

(2018 – Present)

Saints and causes for canonisation

* Ven.

Veronica of the Passion Veronica of the Passion (1 October 1823 – 11 November 1906) was a Roman Catholic nun who founded the Sisters of the Apostolic Carmel, a religious congregation of the Discalced Carmelite Third Order for women based in India. Life She was bor ...

(Sophia Leeves) * Servant of God

Teresa of St. Rose of Lima Teresa of St. Rose of Lima was the founder of the Institute of the Carmelite Sisters of Saint Teresa, Carmelite Sisters of St. Teresa (Carmelite Sisters of Saint Teresa, CSST) Carmelite Sisters of Saint Teresa, Congregation in Kerala, India. E ...

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List of Vicar Apostolic, Bishop and Archbishops of Bangalore

Saints and causes for canonisation

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