sentences:  Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bangalore
  
  The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bangalore () is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in India.It was erected as the Diocese of Bangalore on 13 February 1940 by Pope Pius XII, and elevated to the rank of a metropolitan archdiocese on 19 September 1953, with the suffragan sees of Belgaum, Bellary, Chikmagalur, Gulbarga, Karwar, Mangalore, Udupi, Mysore, and Shimoga.