Archdiocese of Bengaluru

The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bangalore is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in India. It was erected as pro-vicariate from, as Vicariate from, as Diocese of Mysore – Bangalore in the Ecclesiastical Metropolitan Province of Pondicherry in Southern India from, as Diocese of Bangalore on 13 February 1940 by Pope Pius XII, and elevated to the rank of a Metropolitan Archdiocese on 19 September 1953, with the Suffragan Dioceses 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; Bangalore also houses St. Mary's Basilica. 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 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, Bishop Peter Joseph Hurth.

Bishop Etienne-Louis Charbonnaux, M.E.P.
Bishop Joseph-Auguste Chevalier, M.E.P.
Bishop Jean-Yves-Marie Coadou, M.E.P.
Bishop Eugène-Louis Kleiner, M.E.P.
Bishop Augustin-François Baslé, M.E.P.
Bishop Hippolyte Teissier, M.E.P.
Bishop Maurice-Bernard-Benoit-Joseph Despatures, M.E.P.
Archbishop Thomas Pothacamury
His Eminence Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy, Coadjutor Archbishop, Archbishop of Bangalore
Archbishop Packiam Arokiaswamy
Archbishop Alphonsus Mathias
Archbishop Ignatius Paul Pinto
Monsignor Thomas Jabamalai
Archbishop Bernard Blasius Moras
Archbishop Peter Machado