Archbishop Bernard Blasius Moras

Archbishop Emeritus of Bangalore, India

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
10 Aug 1941		Born
6 Dec 1967	26.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Mangalore, India
30 Nov 1996	55.3	Appointed	Bishop of Belgaum, India
25 Feb 1997	55.5	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Belgaum, India
22 Jul 2004	62.9	Appointed	Archbishop of Bangalore, India
17 Sep 2004	63.1	Installed	Archbishop of Bangalore, India
19 Mar 2018	76.6	Retired	Archbishop of Bangalore, India
7 Jan 2023	81.4	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Mysore, India
7 Oct 2025	84.1	Ceased	Apostolic Administrator of Mysore, India

MicroData Summary
Bernard Blasius Moras
Archbishop Bernard Blasius Moras
(born 10 Aug 1941)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bangalore

Ad Limina - September 2011: Bishop
Ad Limina - September 2019: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Kuppepadavu
Ordained Bishop St. Paul School Field, Belgaum, Diocese of Belgaum

Please contact the Archbishop through the Archdiocese of Bangalore.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Simon Ignatius Cardinal Pimenta †
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria “Regina Mundi” a Torre Spaccata
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Aloysius Paul D’Souza
Bishop of Mangalore
Bishop Ignatius P. Lobo †
Bishop Emeritus of Belgaum

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Simon Ignatius Cardinal Pimenta † (1971)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria “Regina Mundi” a Torre Spaccata
Valerian Cardinal Gracias † (1946)
Archbishop of Bombay
Archbishop Thomas Roberts, S.J. † (1937)
Archbishop of Bombay
Archbishop Richard Joseph Downey † (1928)
Archbishop of Liverpool, England
Francis Alphonsus Cardinal Bourne † (1896)
Archbishop of Westminster, England
Herbert Alfred Henry Cardinal Vaughan † (1872)
Archbishop of Westminster, England
Archbishop Henry Edward Manning † (1865)
Archbishop of Westminster, England
Bishop William Bernard Ullathorne, O.S.B. † (1846)
Bishop of Birmingham, England
Bishop John Briggs † (1833)
Titular Bishop of Dragobitia (Drago)
Bishop Thomas Penswick † (1824)
Titular Bishop of Europus
Bishop William Poynter † (1803)
Titular Bishop of Alia
Bishop John Douglass † (1790)
Titular Bishop of Centuria
Bishop William Gibson † (1790)
Titular Bishop of Achantus
Bishop Charles Walmesley, O.S.B. † (1756)
Titular Bishop of Ramata (Rama)
Federico Marcello Cardinal Lante Montefeltro Della Rovere † (1732)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Annibale Cardinal Albani † (1730)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Francesco Cardinal Barberini (Jr.) † (1721)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Fabrizio Cardinal Paolucci † (1685)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Gasparo Cardinal Carpegna † (1670)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Archbishop of Ravenna
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Arokiaraj Satis Kumar (2007)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Anthony Swamy Thomasappa (2007)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Robert Michael Miranda (2005)
Archbishop Peter Machado (2006)
Bishop Derek Fernandes (2007)
Bishop Henry D’Souza (2008)
Bishop Francis Serrao, S.J. (2014)
Archbishop Antony Kariyil, C.M.I. (2015)
Bishop Kannikadass William Antony (2017)
Bishop Arokiaraj Satis Kumar (2024)
Bishop Joseph Susainathan (Soosainathan) (2024)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Kuppepadavu
Ordained Bishop	St. Paul School Field, Belgaum, Diocese of Belgaum

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q556494

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 149, Number 12,986
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 215, Deceased Cardinals (back)
r: Bollettino, 19 Mar 2018
ab: CB, 7 Jan 2023

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