Continent: South and East Asia
Rite: Roman (Latin)
Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese
Name: Bangalore / Bangaloren(sis) (Latin)
Suffragan Sees: Belgaum, Bellary, Chikmagalur, Gulbarga, Karwar, Mangalore, Mysore, Shimoga, Udupi
Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation
Patron Saint: Saint Francis Xavier
Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅
Metropolitan Archbishop (2018.03.19 – ...): | Archbishop Peter Machado (70) |
Auxiliary Bishop (2024.07.13 – ...): | Bishop Arokia Raj Satis Kumar (47) Titular Bishop of Castellum minus |
Auxiliary Bishop (2024.07.13 – ...): | Bishop Joseph Soosainathan (60) Titular Bishop of Castra Galbæ |
Metropolitan Archbishops of Bangalore (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||||
Archbishop Peter Machado (70) Metropolitan Archbishop of Bangalore (India)
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Archbishop Bernard Blasius Moras (83) Apostolic Administrator of Mysore (India) In thee we hope–Mary our Mother
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Archbishop Ignatius Paul Pinto
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Archbishop Alphonsus Mathias
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Archbishop Packiam Arokiaswamy
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Archbishop Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy (later Cardinal)
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Archbishop Thomas Pothacamury
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Bishops of Bangalore (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||||
Bishop Thomas Pothacamury (later Archbishop) (see above) | ||||||||||||
Bishop Maurice-Bernard-Benoit-Joseph Despatures, M.E.P.
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Area: 27,123 km²
Population: 364,259 Catholics (2.0% of 18,055,540 total)
Pastoral Centres: 126 parishes, 9 missions
Personnel: 577 priests (145 diocesan, 432 religious), 4,765 religious (2,227 brothers, 2,538 sisters), 41 seminarians
Last updated on 2024.10.02
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