St. Francis Xavier's Cathedral, Bangalore

St. Francis Xavier's Cathedral
St. Francis Xavier's Cathedral
St. Francis Xavier's Cathedral Location of the cathedral in Karnataka
Location	Bangalore
Country	India
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Website	www.bangalorearchdiocese.com
History
Founded	1851
Dedication	St. Francis Xavier
Architecture
Status	Cathedral
Functional status	active
Administration
Archdiocese	Archdiocese of Bangalore
Province	Archdiocese of Bangalore
Clergy
Archbishop	Bernard Blasius Moras

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.

• St Francis Xavier Cathedral, Bangalore night.jpg

  Domes and crosses of the St. Francis Xavier's Cathedral seen against the Bangalore skyline

• St. Francis Xavier's Cathedral, Bangalore front.jpg

  St. Francis Xavier's Cathedral

External links

• GCatholic.org
• Blog post about the cathedral