consecrated_by previous_post appointed predecessor consecration birth_place title denomination article_title see term_start birth_date motto archdiocese ordination diocese name type
ignatius pimenta bishop administrator of bellary -lrb- 2006 -- 2008 -rrb- of belgaum -lrb- 1996 -- 2004 -rrb- apostolic 22 july 2004 ignatius paul pinto 25 february 1997 kuppepadavu , india archbishop of bangalore roman catholic bernard moras
 bangalore 17 september 2004 10 august 1941 in thee we hope -- mary our mother bangalore 6 december 1967 bangalore bernard moras archbishop
bernard moras

bernard blasius moras -lrb- born 10 august 1941 -rrb- is an indian prelate of the roman catholic church , currently serving as archbishop of bangalore .
born in kuppepadavu , mangalore , karnataka , he was ordained to the priesthood on 6 december 1967 .
during his priestly ministry , he was very involved with health care .
on 30 november 1996 , moras was appointed bishop of belgaum by pope john paul ii .
he was consecrated on 25 february 1997 by cardinal simon pimenta , with bishops aloysius d'souza and ignatius pinto serving as co-consecrators .
the bishop chose as his episcopal motto : `` in thee we hope -- mary our mother . ''
moras was later named archbishop of bangalore on 22 july 2004 , being installed as such on the following 17 september .
the installation , attended by no less than three cardinals , was held under tightened security , as catholic kannadigas have been insistent upon having a bishop from their own community to the point of violence .
pope benedict xvi bestowed the pallium , a woolen garment reserved to metropolitan archbishops , upon him on 29 june 2005 .
in 2006 , moras condemned dan brown 's novel `` the da vinci code '' as `` vicious '' and `` diabolic '' .
he called all christians to boycott the film version , which he requested of the indian film board to be banned from the country .
archbishop moras also chairs the pastoral commission for health of the catholic bishops ' conference of india and is the ecclesiastical advisor to the catholic health association of india .
moras takes part in the documentary the indian priest about indian missionary priest raphael curian from 2015 .
