- Bernard Blasius Moras
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name=Bernard Moras
dipstyle=The Most Reverend
offstyle=Your Excellency
relstyle=Monsignor
deathstyle=not applicable |Bernard Blasius Moras (born
August 10 ,1941 ) is anIndia nprelate of theRoman Catholic Church , currently serving as Archbishop of Bangalore.Born in
Kuppepadavu ,Karnataka , he was ordained to the priesthood onDecember 6 ,1967 . During his priestly ministry, he was very involved withhealth care .On
November 30 ,1996 , Moras was appointed Bishop of Belgaum byPope John Paul II . He received his episcopal consecration onFebruary 25 ,1997 fromSimon Cardinal Pimenta , with BishopsAloysius D'Souza andIgnatius Lobo serving as co-consecrators. The Bishop chose as his episcopalmotto : "In Thee We Hope–Mary Our Mother."Moras was later named Archbishop of Bangalore on
July 22 ,2004 , being installed as such on the followingSeptember 17 . The installation, attended by no less than three cardinals, was held under tightened securtiy, as CatholicKannadigas have been insistent upon having a bishop from their own community to the point of violence [UCAN. [http://www.tgmmt.org/ucanews/0904/092004.htm Bangalore Archbishop Installed Without Incident Amid Enhanced Security]September 20 ,2004 ] .Pope Benedict XVI bestowed thepallium , awool en garment reserved to metropolitan archbishops, upon him onJune 29 ,2005 . In 2006, Moras condemnedDan Brown 's novel "The Da Vinci Code " as "vicious" and "diabolic" [Catholic Online. [http://www.catholic.org/international/international_story.php?id=19870 Catholic bishops, groups warn of ‘Da Vinci Code’ assault on beliefs, see it as teaching moment]May 17 ,2006 ] . He called all Christians toboycott the film version, which he requested of the Indian film board to be banned from the country.Archbishop Moras also chairs the Pastoral Commission for Health of the
Catholic Bishops' Conference of India and is the Ecclesiastical Advisor to theCatholic Health Association of India .References
External links
* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bmorasbb.html Catholic-Hierarchy]
* [http://www.bangalorearchdiocese.com/archbishopofbang.asp Archdiocese of Bangalore]
* [http://www.asianews.it/index.php?l=en&art=1232 Interview with AsiaNews][
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