Peter Machado is an Indian

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of the

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. He was appointed Metropolitan Archbishop of Bangalore by

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and was installed in May 2018 as

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. Archbishop Peter Machado was born on 26 May 1954, in

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. He was ordained a priest on 8 December 1978, for the

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, which had been created in 1976. He holds a doctorate in Canon Law from

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. 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

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and then served as procurator, judicial vicar, consultor and secretary of the Karnataka Regional Bishops’ Laity Commission, based in

Bangalore Bangalore (), officially Bengaluru (), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It has a population of more than and a metropolitan population of around , making it the third most populous city and fifth most ...

. 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.

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21st-century Roman Catholic archbishops in India 1954 births Living people People from Uttara Kannada Pontifical Urban University alumni Bishops appointed by Pope Francis {{India-RC-archbishop-stub