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Metropolitan see Bangalore, India

Archdiocese of Bangalore

Bangaloren(sis)

Latin Church

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.

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Esri
The address the register holds for St. Francis Xavier's Cathedral, Bangalore, in Bangalore, India.

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Established
1886
Catholics
360,561
Priests
1,632
Territory
29,950 km²

Parishes and churches

105 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Archbishop
Peter Machado
Born
26 May 1954
Birthplace
Honavar

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The cathedral

St. Francis Xavier's Cathedral, Bangalore stands in Bangalore, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

An ecclesiastical territory of the Catholic Church in India, the Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bangalore bears the Latin name Archidioecesis Bangalorensis.

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