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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.