Peter Machado

Rev. Dr. Peter Machado
Archbishop
Archdiocese Bangalore
See Bangalore
Appointed 19 March 2018
Installed 31 May 2018
Predecessor Bernard Moras
Orders
Ordination 8 December 1978
Consecration 30 March 2006
by Bernard Moras
Personal details
Born (1954-05-26) 26 May 1954
Honnavar, Uttara Kannada, India
Previous post
  • Bishop of Belgaum (2004-2018)
Motto
  • Do Whatever He Tells You
Styles of
Peter Machado
Reference style The Most Reverend
Spoken style Your Excellency
Religious style Monsignor
Posthumous style not applicable

Peter Machado[1] is an Indian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church and was installed in May 2018 as Archbishop of Bangalore[2].[3]

Archbishop Peter Machado was born on May 26, 1954, in Honnavar. He was ordained a priest on December 8, 1978, for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Karwar, which had been created in 1976.

He was appointed Bishop of Belgaum on February 2, 2006, and was ordained bishop on March 30 that year. Prior to his episcopal appointment, he completed doctoral studies in Rome in Canon Law and served as procurator, judicial vicar, consultor and secretary of the Karnataka regional bishops’ Laity Commission, based in Bangalore[4].

References

  1. ↑ "Rev. Dr. Peter Machado – The Common Man's Bishop". Indian Catholic Matters. 2018-05-04. Retrieved 2018-08-29.
  2. ↑ "Bishop Peter Machado appointed as the Archbishop of Bangalore | CCBI". ccbi.in. Retrieved 2018-08-29.
  3. ↑ "Dr Peter Machado Installed as Archbishop of Bangalore". Indiancatholicmatters.org. 2 June 2018. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  4. ↑ "Meet Archbishop-Designate of Bangalore Peter Machado". Indian Catholic Matters. 2018-04-17. Retrieved 2018-08-29.
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