Roman Catholic Diocese of Vijayawada

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Diocese of Vijayawada

Dioecesis Viiayavadanus
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Location
Country India
TerritoryAndhra Pradesh
Ecclesiastical province Visakhapatnam
Metropolitan Visakhapatnam
Statistics
Area8,734 km2 (3,372 sq mi)
Population
  • Total
  • Catholics
  • (as of 2017)
  • 4,730,650
  • 359,530 (7.6%)
Parishes98
Information
Denomination Roman Catholic
Rite Latin Rite
Established10 January 1933
CathedralSt Paul’s Cathedral in Vijayawada
Co-cathedralSt Peter’s Co-Cathedral in Vijayawada
Patron Saints Saints Peter and Paul
Secular priests 276
LanguageTelugu, English
Current leadership
Pope Leo XIV
Bishop Thelagathoti J. Raja Rao, S.M.M.
Metropolitan Archbishop Prakash Mallavarapu
Vicar General
Map
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Website
www.vijayawadadiocese.org
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St.Paul's Cathedral, Vijayawada

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Vijayawada (Latin : Viiayavadan(us)) is a diocese located in the city of Vijayawada in the ecclesiastical province of Visakhapatnam in India. Administratively, the diocese encompasses the geographical Krishna district of the state of Andhra Pradesh . The Diocese of Vijayawada has the largest catholic population (359,000) among all the Suffragan dioceses of the Archdiocese of Visakhapatnam.

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History

Diocesan demographics

As of 2017 the Catholic population of the diocese was 3,50,000. These Catholics were served by 189 diocesan priests and 32 priests of religious orders in 98 parishes. Also laboring in the diocese were 37 religious brothers and 795 nuns.

Leadership

Parishes

St.Paul's CathedralSt.Peter's Co-CathedralAgiripalli
AjitsinghnagarArugolanuAssisi nagar (Konkepudi)
Avanigadda Avutapalli (Peda Avutapalli)Azzampudi
Bantumilli Bhaskarao Peta (Vijayawada)Bhyravapatnam
Bodavada- JammavaramCarmel Nagar (Vijayawada) Challapalli
Chanubanda Chatrai Chillakallu
Christurajupuram (Vijayawada)EdaraEdulagudem
Enikepadu Gampalagudem Gannavaram
Gollapudi (Vijayawada)Goodmanpeta Gudivada
Gudlavalleru Gunadala Guntupalli (Vijayawada)
Jagannadhapuram Jaggayyapeta Jeevan Nagar (Jakkampudi)
Jojinagar (Vijayawada)Jyothinagar Kaikaluru
Kalidindi Kambhampadu Kanchikacherla
Kankipadu (Vijayawada) Kanuru (Vijayawada)Keesara
KesarapalliKoduru Kondapalli
KondapavuluruKorukolluKotapadu
KothapalliKuchipudiLabbipeta (Vijayawada)
Lourdhunagar (Vijayawada) Machilipatnam Mallavalli
Manginapudi Mariapuram (Lakshmipuram)Muchintala
Mudinepalli Munagalapalli Musunuru
Mylavaram Nagayalanka Nandigama
NawabupetaNehrupeta Nunna
Nuzvid Paidurupadu Pamarru
Peda-mustabad Pedana Penamaluru (Vijayawada)
Penugolanu Pezzonipeta (Vijayawada)Polukonda
Raja Rajeswaripeta (Vijayawada)RamanakkapetaRanigarithota (Vijayawada)
Sahaya Nagar (Ibrahimpatnam)SaradanagarSatynarayanapuram (Vijayawada)
Siluvagirinagar Telaprolu Theresanagar
ThukkuluruThurlapadu Tiruvuru
UppaluruVanukuru Vatsavai
Velagalagudem Vellaturu Velpuru (Vijayawada)
Vennanapudi Ventrapragada Vissannapeta
Vuyyuru Yesupuram

Shrines

Seminaries

Education

As of 2019, the diocese has 27 Elementary Schools, 9 Upper primary Schools, 50 High Schools, 3 Higher Secondary Schools, 10 Colleges, 2 Nursing training Institutes, 10 Non-Formal training centers, 16 Parish Elementary Schools departing education from pre-kindergarten through Post Graduation.

Catholic Institutions of Repute :

Media & Publications

Saints and causes for canonisation

References

  1. ↑ "Saints & Blessed – CCBI" . Retrieved 17 October 2019.

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