Peter Machado

{{Short description|Indian Catholic Archbishop of Bangalore}}

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{{Infobox Christian leader

| type = Archbishop

| name = The Most Rev. Dr. Peter Machado

| honorific-suffix = Metropolitan Archbishop

| image = His Grace Archbisho Peter Machado.png

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| archdiocese = Bangalore

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| see = Bangalore

| appointed = 19 March 2018

| term_start = 31 May 2018

| predecessor = Bernard Moras

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| ordination = 8 December 1978

| ordained_by = William Leonard D'Mello

| consecration = 30 March 2006

| consecrated_by = Bernard Moras

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1954|5|26|df=y}}

| birth_place = Honnavar, Uttara Kannada, India

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| previous_post = {{unbulleted list|Bishop of Belgaum (2006-2018)}}

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name=Peter Machado |

dipstyle=The Most Reverend |

offstyle=Your Grace |

relstyle=Monsignor |

deathstyle=not applicable |}}

Peter Machado{{Cite news|url=https://indiancatholicmatters.org/rev-dr-peter-machado-the-common-mans-bishop/|title=Rev. Dr. Peter Machado – The Common Man's Bishop|date=2018-05-04|work=Indian Catholic Matters|access-date=2018-08-29|language=en-US}} 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.{{Cite web|url=http://ccbi.in/bishop-peter-machado-appointed-as-the-archbishop-of-bangalore/|title=Bishop Peter Machado appointed as the Archbishop of Bangalore {{!}} CCBI|website=ccbi.in|date=19 March 2018 |language=en-US|access-date=2018-08-29}}{{cite web|url=https://indiancatholicmatters.org/dr-peter-machado-installed-as-archbishop-of-bangalore/|title=Dr Peter Machado Installed as Archbishop of Bangalore|date=2 June 2018|website=Indiancatholicmatters.org|access-date=10 July 2018}}

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|date=April 2022}}

He was appointed Bishop of Belgaum Diocese on 2 February 2006, and was ordained as a bishop on 30 March that year.

Prior to his episcopal appointment, he completed his doctoral studies in Rome in Canon Law and then served as procurator, judicial vicar, consultor and secretary of the Karnataka Regional Bishops' Laity Commission, based in Bangalore.{{citation needed|date=April 2022}}

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.{{Cite news|url=https://indiancatholicmatters.org/meet-archbishop-designate-of-bangalore-peter-machado/|title=Meet Archbishop-Designate of Bangalore Peter Machado|date=2018-04-17|work=Indian Catholic Matters|access-date=2018-08-29|language=en-US}}