Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hyderabad

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Hyderabad Archidioecesis Metropolitae Hyderabadensis
St Joseph's Cathedral, Hyderabad
Location
Country	India
Ecclesiastical province	Hyderabad
Statistics
Area	25,319 km2 (9,776 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2013) 13,195,000 114,800 (0.9%)
Parishes	94
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	1851;174 years ago (1851)
Cathedral	St. Joseph’s Cathedral
Secular priests	297
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Metropolitan Archbishop	Anthony Poola

The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Hyderabad (Latin : Hyderabaden(sis)) is an archdiocese located in the city of Hyderabad in India.

History

• 1851: Established as the Apostolic Vicariate of Hyderabad from the Apostolic Vicariate of Madras
• 1 September 1886: Promoted as the Diocese of Hyderabad
• 19 September 1953: Promoted as the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Hyderabad

Ordinaries

Archbishops of Hyderabad

Sl.No	Name	Designation	Year of appointment	Last year of service
1	Joseph Mark Gopu	Archbishop	1953	1971
2	Samineni Arulappa	Archbishop	1971	2000
3	Marampudi Joji	Archbishop	2000	2010
4	Thumma Bala	Archbishop	2011	2020
5	Anthony Poola	Archbishop	2020	present

Bishops of Hyderabad

Sl.No	Name	Designation	Year of appointment	Last year of service
1	Pietro Caprotti, P.I.M.E.	Bishop	1886	1897
2	Pierre-André Viganò, P.I.M.E.	Bishop	1897	1909
3	Dionigi Vismara	Bishop	1909	1948
4	Alphonsus Beretta, P.I.M.E.	Bishop	1950	1953
5	Joseph Mark Gopu	Bishop	1953	1953

Vicars Apostolic of Hyderabad

Sl.No	Name	Designation	Year of appointment	Last year of service
1	Daniel Murphy	Vicar Apostolic	1851	1865
2	Jean-Dominique Barbero, P.I.M.E.	Vicar Apostolic	1870	1881
3	Pietro Caprotti, P.I.M.E.	Vicar Apostolic	1882	1886

Suffragan dioceses

• Adilabad
• Cuddapah
• Khammam
• Kurnool
• Nalgonda
• Warangal

External links

• Official website
• GCatholic.org ^{[self-published]}
• Catholic Hierarchy ^{[self-published]}

• Hyderabad portal

• Catholic Encyclopedia: Diocese of Hyderabad-Deccan

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