The Most Rev. Dr. Peter Machado

Metropolitan Archbishop
ArchdioceseBangalore
SeeBangalore
Appointed19 March 2018
Installed31 May 2018
PredecessorBernard Moras
Orders
Ordination8 December 1978
by William Leonard D'Mello
Consecration30 March 2006
by Bernard Moras
Personal details
Born (1954-05-26) 26 May 1954
Honnavar, Uttara Kannada, India
Previous post(s)
  • Bishop of Belgaum (2006-2018)
Styles of
Peter Machado
Reference styleThe Most Reverend
Spoken styleYour Grace
Religious styleMonsignor
Posthumous stylenot applicable

Peter Machado[1] is an Indian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.

He was appointed Metropolitan Archbishop of Bangalore by Pope Francis and was installed in May 2018 as Archbishop of Bangalore.[2][3]

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

He holds a doctorate in Canon Law from Pontifical Urban University, Rome, Italy.

He was appointed Bishop of Belgaum Diocese on 2 February 2006, and was ordained as a bishop on March 30 that year.

Prior to his episcopal appointment, he completed his doctoral studies in Rome in Canon Law and then served as procurator, judicial vicar, consultor and secretary of the Karnataka Regional Bishops’ Laity Commission, based in Bangalore.

His Grace Peter Machado, Archbishop of Bangalore & Dr. Edmond Fernandes after a private meeting

As the Metropolitan Archbishop of Bangalore, he's also the President of Karnataka Regional Catholic Bishops Council (KRCBC) and All Karnataka United Forum for Christian Human Rights.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Rev. Dr. Peter Machado – The Common Man's Bishop". Indian Catholic Matters. 4 May 2018. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
  2. ↑ "Bishop Peter Machado appointed as the Archbishop of Bangalore | CCBI". ccbi.in. 19 March 2018. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
  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. 17 April 2018. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
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