Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bangalore
- Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bangalore
The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bangalore (Latin: "Archidioecesis Bangalorensis") is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in India. It was erected as the Diocese of Bangalore on February 13, 1940 by Pope Pius XII, and elevated to the rank of a metropolitan archdiocese on September 19, 1953, with the suffragan sees of Belgaum, Bellary, Chikmagalur, Gulbarga, Karwar, Mangalore, Mysore, and Shimoga.
The archdiocese's motherchurch and thus seat of its archbishop is the St. Francis Xavier Cathedral; Bangalore also houses St. Mary's Basilica. The current Archbishop of Bangalore is "His Excellency" Bernard Blasius Moras, having been appointed by Pope John Paul II on July 22, 2004.
List of bishops and archbishops of Bangalore
*Maurice-Bernard-Benoit-Joseph Despatures, MEP (1940 - 1942)
*Thomas Pothacamury (1942 - 1968)
*Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy (1968 - 1971)
*Packiam Arokiaswamy (1971 - 1986)
*Alphonsus Mathias (1986 - 1998)
*Ignatius Paul Pinto (1998 - 2004)
*Bernard Blasius Moras (2004 - present)
ee also
*Roman Catholicism in India
External links
* [http://www.bangalorearchdiocese.com Official site]
* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dbang.html Catholic-Hierarchy]
* [http://www.gcatholic.com/dioceses/diocese/bang0.htm Giga-Catholic Information]
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