Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bangalore

The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bangalore (Latin: Archidioecesis Bangalorensis) is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in India. It was erected as the 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 sees of Belgaum, Bellary, Chikmagalur, Gulbarga, Karwar, Mangalore, Udupi, Mysore, and Shimoga.

Archdiocese of Bangalore Archidioecesis Bangalorensis ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು ಮಹಾಧರ್ಮಕ್ಷೇತ್ರ
Cathedral of St Francis Xavier
Location
Country	India
Ecclesiastical province	Bangalore
Headquarters	Bangalore
Coordinates
Statistics
Area	29,950 km2 (11,560 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2012) 29,890,000 425,000 (1.4%)
Parishes	135
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Latin Rite or Roman rite
Established	13 February 1940
Cathedral	St. Francis Xavier's Cathedral
Patron saint	St. Francis Xavier
Secular priests	1632
Language	Kannada English Tamil
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Metropolitan Archbishop	Peter Machado
Vicar General	Msgr. C. Francis, Msgr. S. Jayanathan
Episcopal Vicars	Fr. Xavier Manavath, CMF
Bishops emeritus	Alphonsus Mathias (1986-1998) Ignatius Paul Pinto (1998-2004) Bernard Moras (2004-2018)
Website
Website of the Archdiocese

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