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St. Francis Xavier's Cathedral, Bangalore

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Location
  
Bangalore

Denomination
  
Roman Catholic

Functional status
  
active

Archbishop
  
Bernard Moras

Dedication
  
Francis Xavier

Country
  
India

Founded
  
1851

Phone
  
080 2536 2570

Status
  
Cathedral

St. Francis Xavier's Cathedral, Bangalore

Website
  
www.bangalorearchdiocese.com

Address
  
Cleveland Town St, John`s Church Road, Coles Park, Near Saint German's School, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560005

Archdiocese
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bangalore

Similar
  
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St. Francis Xavier's Cathedral is the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bangalore in India. Initially, Bangalore was the seat of the diocese of Mysore from 1886 to 1940 and during this time, St. Patrick's church in Bangalore was the cathedral of the diocese. When the diocese of Mysore was bifurcated on 13 February 1940 to form the diocese of Bangalore, St. Francis Xavier's church was chosen as its cathedral.

The first church of St. Francis Xavier was constructed in 1851. Due to the huge increase in the catholic population, this church eventually became inadequate. Hence in 1911, the foundation stone was laid for a new church. This church was inaugurated on 26 May 1932, which would become a cathedral in 1940. On its platinum jubilee in 2009, two new domes of the facade were inaugurated. Bangalore archbishop Bernard Moras re-dedicated the cathedral to St. Francis Xavier. The domes had been constructed along with several other renovations. Though they were part of the original plan of the cathedral, they could not be completed due to lack of funds.

The cathedral's large compound has three schools: St. Aloysius', St. Anthony's and St. Rock's. There is also a Shrine dedicated to St. Anthony.

References

St. Francis Xavier's Cathedral, Bangalore Wikipedia


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