Alphonsus Mathias

Alphonsus Mathias (born 22 June 1928 in Pangala, India) is a Roman Catholic archbishop.

Alphonsus Mathias
Archbishop Emeritus of Bangalore
ArchdioceseBangalore
Orders
Ordination24 August 1954
Consecration5 Feb 1964
by James Knox
Personal details
Born(1928-06-22)22 June 1928
Pangala, India
NationalityIndian

Biography

He was ordained a priest on 24 August 1954 and was appointed as the bishop of the Diocese of Chikmagalur on 16 November 1963. The Apostolic Internuncio in India James Knox consecrated him on 5 February of the next year to the bishop ; co-consecrators were Albert Vincent D'Souza, Archbishop of Calcutta, and Raymond D'Mello, Bishop of Allahabad.

Mathias attended the Second Vatican Council. On 12 September 1986, he was appointed Archbishop of Bangalore, a role in which he served until he resigned on 24 March 1998. He was the president of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of India from 1989 to 1994.

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