Peter Machado

Styles of
**Peter Machado**
Styles of; Peter Machado
Reference style	The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Grace
Religious style	Monsignor
Posthumous style	not applicable

The Most Rev. Dr. Peter Machado

Metropolitan Archbishop
The Most Rev. Dr. Peter Machado; Metropolitan Archbishop
	Peter Machado
Archdiocese	Bangalore
See	Bangalore
Appointed	19 March 2018
Installed	31 May 2018
Predecessor	Bernard Moras
Previous post(s)	Bishop of Belgaum (2006-2018);
Orders
Ordination	8 December 1978; by William Leonard D'Mello
Consecration	30 March 2006; by Bernard Moras
Personal details
Born	26 May 1954 (age 70); Honnavar, Uttara Kannada, India
Nationality	Indian
Motto	Do Whatever He Tells You;

Peter Machado^[1] is an Indian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was appointed Metropolitan Archbishop of Bangalore by Pope Francis and was installed in May 2018 as Archbishop of Bangalore.^[2]^[3]

Archbishop Peter Machado was born on 26 May 1954, in Honnavar. He was ordained a priest on 8 December 1978, for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Karwar, which had been created in 1976. He holds a doctorate in Canon Law from Pontifical Urban University, Rome, Italy.^{[citation needed]}

He was appointed Bishop of Belgaum Diocese on 2 February 2006, and was ordained bishop on 30 March that year. Prior to his episcopal appointment, he completed doctoral studies in Rome in Canon Law and served as procurator, judicial vicar, consultor and secretary of the Karnataka Regional Bishops’ Laity Commission, based in Bangalore.^{[citation needed]}

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.^[4]