Archdiocese of Bangalore
Bangaloren(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Bangalore, India
Latin rite metropolitan archdiocese in Karnataka, India, begun as a pro-vicariate in 1845, made a diocese in 1886, and elevated to metropolitan archdiocese on 19 September 1953. Its seat is St. Francis Xavier's Cathedral in Bangalore, and its province includes nine suffragan dioceses including Belgaum, Bellary, Mangalore and Mysore. Its patron is St. Francis Xavier.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 19 September 1953
- Latin
- Bangaloren(sis)
- Patron
- St. Francis Xavier
- Annuario code
- 001000810
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 360,561
- Population
- 17,165,595
- Catholic share
- 2.1%
- Priests
- 1,632
- Catholics per priest
- 221
- Extent
- 29,950 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 12
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Peter Machado
- Born
- 26 May 1954
- Birthplace
- Honavar
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
St. Francis Xavier's Cathedral, Bangalore stands in Bangalore, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Bangalore
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of BelgaumBelgaum
- Diocese of BellaryBellary
- Diocese of ChikmagalurChikmagalur
- Diocese of GulbargaGulbarga
- Diocese of KarwarKarwar
- Diocese of MangaloreMangalore
- Diocese of MysoreMysore
- Diocese of ShimogaShimoga
- Diocese of UdupiUdupi
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
An ecclesiastical territory of the Catholic Church in India, the Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bangalore bears the Latin name Archidioecesis Bangalorensis.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].