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Archdiocese of Bangalore

Archidioecesis Bangalorensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Peter Machado, Archbishop
  • Alphonsus Mathias, Archbishop Emeritus
  • Bernard Blasius Moras, Archbishop Emeritus

Suffragan Dioceses

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese
  • Elevated: 19 September 1953
  • Metropolitan See
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: India
  • Square Kilometers: 27,123 (10,476 Square Miles)
  • Description: Bengaluru Urban, Bengaluru Rural, Chikkaballapura, Kolara, Ramanagara, and Tumakuru
  • Official Web Site: https://www.bangalorearchdiocese.org
  • Mailing Address: Archbishop's House, P.B. 2, 75 Millers Road, Bangalore-560046, India
  • Telephone: (080)2333.04.38; 2333.08.38

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Diocese of Bangalore
13 February 1940ErectedDiocese of Mysore (Bangalore, Kolara, Tumakuru, and Chitradurga) Diocese of Bangalore (erected)
Archdiocese of Bangalore
19 September 1953ElevatedDiocese of Bangalore Archdiocese of Bangalore
14 November 1988Territory LostArchdiocese of Bangalore (Chitradurga)
Diocese of Chikmagalur (Shimoga)
Diocese of Shimoga (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Diocese of Bangalore
195076,7164,700,0001.6%6625918433643228ap1951
Archdiocese of Bangalore
195995,0276,200,0001.5%7810518351915957637ap1960
1970133,8276,257,6702.1%1031582615126411,04246ap1971
1980193,0438,596,0002.2%9419629066555671,62556ap1981
1988262,35013,446,5002.0%942783727059314,16678ap1991
1999278,32319,437,7731.4%984395375181,4334,16589ap2000
2000332,12019,437,7731.7%1004725725801,4414,18995ap2001
2001347,25019,437,7731.8%974895865921,4464,21598ap2002
2002358,39019,437,7731.8%1004705706281,7904,160104ap2003
2003361,83520,186,4501.8%945025966071,7944,217115ap2004
2004365,10020,192,8401.8%975116086001,7374,238117ap2005
2006406,18227,557,0001.5%1021,5301,6322484,1306,570128ap2007
2012425,00029,890,0001.4%1241,3101,43429614,0347,130135ap2013
2015436,60016,768,0002.6%1291,3321,46129814,4757,130139ap2016
2018526,40017,388,5403.0%1351,3321,4673583,2032,136122ap2019
2020392,24017,776,2002.2%1411,3321,47326613,1722,166126ap2021

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Diocese of Bangalore
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 32, Page 346, to Page 348
  • Archdiocese of Bangalore
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 46, Page 83, to Page 87

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