• St. Francis Xavier’s Cathedral

  • St. Francis Xavier’s Cathedral

  • St. Francis Xavier’s Cathedral

  • St. Francis Xavier’s Cathedral

MASS TIMINGS

Sunday's Mass
06 : 00 a.m.- English
07 : 15 a.m.- Tamil
08 : 30 a.m.- Kannada
09 : 45 a.m.- English
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ST. FRANCIS XAVIER’S CATHEDRAL

A Glorious past is the way to a glorious future. If so, it is our primary responsibility to know about the origin of our parish, the Priests responsible for its origin, their aims and goals, their toils and struggles to build this parish. To bring home these features, a short summary of our parish history is given in the lines that follow.

Rev. Fr. Chevalier was the first parish priest of St. Francis Xavier Church. The Church in 1851 was situated on a site measuring 550 square feet. Mrs. Zulime Watkins, a French Catholic and the widow of an English Commander, Capt. Watkins, sold the land to Fr. Chevalier for a sum of Rs. 1,000/-. After the death of Bishop Charbonnaux, Fr. Chevalier was appointed Bishop of Mysore in 1873. He died in 1880 and laid to rest in St. Patrick’s Church, Bangalore. ...
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NEWS & EVENTS

  • Eucharistic Adoration & Archdiocesan Priests’ Christmas Gathering
    Dec 21: It was a day of great joy as the Archdiocesan Priests had a Eucharistic Adoration in St. Francis Xavier’s Cathedral conducted by the Parish Clergy... More +

  • Christmas tree Celebration for Catechism Children Sofia……

  • Opening of the Door of Mercy at Cathedral 13th December 2015
    Rev Dr. Bernard Moras, Archbishop of Bengaluru opened the holy main door of St. Francis Xavier’s Cathedral on December 13 in the presence of scores of priests... More+

  • Jubilee year of Mercy Logo
    The logo and the motto together provide a fitting summary of what the Jubilee Year is all about. The motto Merciful Like the Father (taken from the Gospel of Luke, 6:36)... More+

  • Inauguration of the Jubilee Year of Mercy 8th December 2015
    The new Liturgical Year was dedicated as the Year of Mercy by Pope Francis through the Bull ‘Misericordiae Vultus’. As a commemoration of this event, a Holy Mass was... More+

  • Parish Feast 6th December 2015
    The Parish Feast of St. Francis Xavier’s Cathedral was celebrated on 6th December 2015. It was indeed a blissful day as numerous devotees of St. Francis Xavier... More+

PARISH PRIEST


Fr. John Anthony