List of Prelates of Kanara & Diocese of Mangalore

1. Bishop Thomas De Castro

• Apostolic Vicar of Kanara 1674-1684.
• Ordained Bishop on Spetember 15, 1675.
• Appointed Apostolic Vicar on August 30,1675.
• Died at Mangalore on July 16, 1684 and buried at Milagres.

 

 

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 2. Bishop Bernardine of St Agnes, O.C.D.

• Pro-Vicar Apostolic of Mangalore 1845-1853.
• Appointed on May 5, 1845.
• Died at Rome, on March 15, 1853.

 

 

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3. Bishop Michael Antony of St Louis O.C.D.

• Vicar Apostolic of Mangalore 1853-1870.
• Appointed on March 15, 1853.
• Resigned the See in 1870.
• Died in Quilon 1878.

 

 

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4. Bishop Mary Ephrem of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, O.C.D.

• Vicar Apostolic of Mangalore 1870-1873.
• Appointed on June 3, 1870.
• Died in Mangalore on April 10, 1873
• Buried at the Cathedral.

 

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5. Bishop Nicholas Maria Pagani S.J.

• Vicar Apostolic 1878-1886.
• He was consecrated Bishop, on October 25, 1885.
• On proclamation of Hierarchy for India, he became the First Bishop of Mangalore on September 1, 1886.
• He died in Mangalore on April 30, 1895.
• Buried at the Cathedral.

 

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6. Bishop Abundius Cavadini S.J.

• Bishop of Mangalore 1895-1910.
• Ordained Bishop on November 26, 1895.
• Died at Ootacamund on March 26, 1910
• Buried at the Cathedral. 

 

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7. Bishop Paul Perini S.J.

• Bishop of Mangalore 1910-1923.
• Appointed on August 17, 1910.
• Ordained Bishop on December 4, 1910.
• He was transferred to the newly constituted Bishopric of Calicut, but continued as Administrator Apostolic of Mangalore 1923-1928.
• Died at Bangalore on June 28, 1932.
• Buried at the Calicut Cathedral on June 30, 1932. 

 

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8. Bishop Valerian J. D’Souza

• Bishop of Mangalore 1928-1930.
• Ordained Bishop on April 15, 1928.
• Died at Waterford, Ireland on August 14, 1930.
• Buried at the Cathedral on September 29, 1930.

 

 

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9. Bishop Victor R. Fernandes

• Bishop of Mangalore 1931-1955.
• Appointed on May 6, 1931.
• Ordained Bishop on September 21, 1931.
• Died on January 4, 1955.
• Buried at the Cathedral.

 

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10. Bishop Basil S. T. Peres

• Coadjutor Bishop to Bishop Victor Fernandes.
• Ordained Bishop on October 28, 1952.
• As Bishop of Mangalore from January 4, 1955 till his death on April 28, 1958
• Buried at Rosario Cathedral. 

 

 

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11. Bishop Raymond D’Mello

• Bishop of Mangalore from April 6, 1959 till 1964.
• Transferred to Allahabad on April 21, 1964;
• Died on November 24, 1971.
• Buried in Allahabad Cathedral.

 

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12. Bishop Basil S. D’Souza

• Bishop of Mangalore 1965-1996.
• Appointed Bishop on March 22, 1965.
• Ordained on May 11, 1965.
• Died on September 5, 1996.
• Buried on September 9, 1996 at Rosario Cathedral.

 

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13. Bishop Aloysius Paul D’Souza

• Bishop of Mangalore 1996-2018.
• Ordained Bishop on May 15, 1996
• He served as Auxiliary Bishop to Bishop Basil D'Souza, after whose death he was elected as Diocesan Administrator on September 13, 1996.
• Nominated Bishop of the Diocese on December 18, 1996
• Installed as Bishop of Mangalore on December 27, 1996.
• His resignation from office became effective on July 3, 2018 when the Holy See appointed Msgr. Peter Paul Saldanha as Bishop of Mangalore.

 

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14. Bishop Peter Paul Saldanha

• Ordained and installed as Bishop of Mangalore on September 15, 2018 by Most Rev. Dr. Aloysius Paul D’Souza at the Rosario Cathedral.
• He served as Asst. Parish Priest in Belle, Milagres-Mangalore and Vittal.
• He was appointed on the staff of St Joseph’s Seminary.
• He pursued higher studies in Rome, and then served as the Professor in Urbaniana University until his appointment as Bishop on July 3, 2018. 

 

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