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{{Short description|Roman Catholic archdiocese in Karnataka, India}}
{{more footnotes needed|date=May 2018}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2018}}
{{Infobox diocese
| jurisdiction = Archdiocese
| name = Bangalore
| latin = Archidioecesis Bangalorensis
| local = {{ubl|
|{{lang|ka|ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು ಮಹಾಧರ್ಮಕ್ಷೇತ್ರ}}}}
| image = St._Francis_Xavier%27s_Cathedral,_Bangalore_front.jpg
| image_size = 230px
| image_alt =
| caption = St. Francis Xavier's Metropolitan Cathedral

| country = {{flag|India}}
| territory =
| province = Bangalore
| metropolitan =
| archdeaconries =
| deaneries =
| subdivisions =
| coordinates = {{Coord|12.9926881|N|77.6112872|E|display=title}}

| area_km2 = 29,950
| area_sqmi = 
| area_footnotes =
| population = 17,165,595
| population_as_of = 2022
| catholics = 360,561
| catholics_percent = 2.1
| parishes = 126
| churches = 
| congregations = 
| schools = 
| members = 

| denomination = [[Roman Catholic]]
| rite = [[Latin Church|Latin Rite]] or [[Roman rite]]
| established = 13 February 1940
| cathedral = [[St. Francis Xavier's Cathedral, Bangalore]]
| cocathedral = St. Patrick's Church
| patron = [[St. Francis Xavier]]
| patron_title = 
| priests = 1632

| pope = {{Incumbent pope}} 
| patriarch =
| major_archbishop =
| bishop =
| bishop_title = Archbishop
| metro_archbishop = [[Peter Machado]]
| coadjutor =
| suffragans = 
| auxiliary_bishops = Most Rev. [[Arokiaraj Satis Kumar]], Most Rev. [[Joseph Susainathan]]
| apostolic_admin =
| vicar_general =
| episcopal_vicar = Rt. Rev. Msgr. Xavier Manavath, CMF
| archdeacons = 
| emeritus_bishops = [[Bernard Moras]] <small>(2004-2018)</small>

| map = Map of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bangalore.png
| map_size =
| map_alt =
| map_caption =

| website = [http://www.bangalorearchdiocese.org/ Website of the Archdiocese]
| footnotes =
|coat=|flag=|headquarters=Bangalore|sui_iuris_church=Roman Church|founded=1845|dissolved=|language=
[[Kannada]]
[[Tamil language|Tamil]]
[[English language|English]]}}

The '''[[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] [[Metropolitan bishop|Metropolitan]] [[Diocese|Archdiocese]] of [[Bangalore]]''' ({{langx|la|Archidioecesis Bangalorensis}}) is an ecclesiastical territory or [[diocese]] of the [[Catholic Church 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 province|Ecclesiastical Metropolitan Province]] of '''Pondicherry''' in [[South India|Southern India]] from (1 September 1886 – 12 February 1940), as '''Diocese of Bangalore''' on 13 February 1940 by [[Pope Pius XII]], and elevated to the rank of a [[Metropolitan bishop|Metropolitan Archdiocese]] on 19 September 1953, with the [[Suffragan bishop|Suffragan]] Dioceses of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Belgaum|Belgaum]], [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Bellary|Bellary]], [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Chikmagalur|Chikmagalur]], [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Gulbarga|Gulbarga]], [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Karwar|Karwar]], [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Mangalore|Mangalore]], [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Udupi|Udupi]], [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Mysore|Mysore]], and [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Shimoga|Shimoga]].

The archdiocese's [[Mother Church|mother church]] and thus seat of its archbishop is the [[St. Francis Xavier's Cathedral, Bangalore]]; Bangalore also houses [[St. Mary's Basilica, Bangalore|St. Mary's Basilica]]. [[Peter Machado|Bishop Peter Machado]] was appointed Archbishop of Bangalore by [[Pope Francis]] on 19 March 2018.

== History ==
The mission in the [[Kingdom of Mysore]] was entrusted to the [[Paris Foreign Missions Society]] in 1845, which became an [[apostolic vicariate]] in 1850 under the leadership of [[Étienne-Louis Charbonnaux|Bishop Charbonnaux]]. Mysore became a diocese in 1886, but it was around the city of Bangalore that missionary work developed with the creation of parishes, convents, and schools. During the 20th century, the city of Bangalore itself became much more important than Mysore. For example, in 1904 it hosted the 3rd National Eucharistic Congress of India, presided over by the Bishop of Dhaka, [[Peter Joseph Hurth|Bishop Peter Joseph Hurth]].<ref>"Bishop Hurth of Dacca, the distinguished former Texan delivers a great sermon at a Eucharistic Congress in Asia", The Southern Messenger, San Antonio, Texas, USA, 7 July 1904, p.3</ref>

==List of Vicar Apostolic, Bishop and Archbishops of Bangalore==
*Bishop [[Etienne-Louis Charbonnaux]], [[Paris Foreign Missions Society|M.E.P.]] (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 Cardinal Lourdusamy|Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy]] (Auxiliary Bishop (1962–1964), Coadjutor Archbishop (1964-1967), Archbishop of Bangalore (1967–1971)
*Archbishop [[Packiam Arokiaswamy]] (1971–1986)
*Archbishop [[Alphonsus Mathias]] (1986–1998)
*Archbishop [[Ignatius Paul Pinto]] (1998–2004)
*Monsignor [[Thomas Jabamalai]] (Apostolic Administrator, Archdiocese of Bangalore (2004))
*Archbishop [[Bernard Blasius Moras]] (2004–2018)
*Archbishop [[Peter Machado]] (2018 – Present)

==List of Auxiliary Bishops of Bangalore==
*His Eminence [[Duraisamy Simon Cardinal Lourdusamy|Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy]], Auxiliary Bishop (1962–1964) (Later Archbishop and Cardinal)
*Most Rev. Dr. [[Arokiaraj Satis Kumar]], Auxiliary Bishop (2024-)
*Most Rev. Dr. [[Joseph Susainathan]], Auxiliary Bishop (2024-)

[[File:St_Francis_Xavier_Cathedral,_Bangalore_night.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Domes and crosses of the St. Francis Xavier's Cathedral seen against the Bangalore skyline]]
[[File:St_Francis_Xavier_Cathedral,_Bangalore_oblique.jpg|thumb|250px|left|St. Francis Xavier's Cathedral]]

==Saints and causes for canonisation==
* Ven. [[Veronica of the Passion]] (Sophia Leeves)<ref name="CCBI">{{Cite web|url=http://ccbi.in/saints-blessed/|title=Saints & Blessed – CCBI|accessdate=Oct 17, 2019|archive-date=18 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200218103142/http://ccbi.in/saints-blessed/|url-status=live}}</ref>  
* Servant of God [[Teresa of St. Rose of Lima]]<ref name="CCBI" />
* Servant of God Fr. [[Bastiampillai Anthonipillai Thomas]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=1964 |url=http://newsaints.faithweb.com/year/1964.htm |access-date=2023-04-19 |website=newsaints.faithweb.com |archive-date=6 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141106143553/http://newsaints.faithweb.com/year/1964.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Catholic Church in India]]
* [[Infant Jesus Church, Bangalore]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.bangalorearchdiocese.com Official site]
*[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dbang.html Catholic-Hierarchy]
*[http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/bang0.htm GCatholic.org]

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