Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bangalore

Archdiocese of Bangalore Archidioecesis Bangalorensis बंगलौर के सूबा
230px Cathedral of St Francis Xavier
Location
Country	India
Ecclesiastical province	Bangalore
Coordinates
Statistics
Area
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2012) 29,890,000 425,000 (1.4%)
Parishes	135
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Latin Rite or Roman rite
Established	13 February 1940
Cathedral	St. Francis Xavier's Cathedral
Secular priests	1632
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Metropolitan Archbishop	Bernard Moras
Emeritus Bishops	Alphonsus Mathias Archbishop Emeritus (1986-1998) Ignatius Paul Pinto Archbishop Emeritus (1998-2004)
Website
Website of the Archdiocese

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, 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. Bernard Blasius Moras was appointed Archbishop of Bangalore 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)

File:St Francis Xavier Cathedral, Bangalore night.jpg

Domes and crosses of the St. Francis Xavier's Cathedral seen against the Bangalore skyline

St. Francis Xavier's Cathedral

See also

• Roman Catholicism in India
• Infant Jesus Church, Bangalore

External links

• Official site
• Catholic-Hierarchy
• GCatholic.org