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Diocese of Vijayawada Dioecesis Viiayavadanus | |
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Location | |
Country | India |
Territory | Andhra Pradesh |
Ecclesiastical province | Visakhapatnam |
Metropolitan | Visakhapatnam |
Statistics | |
Area | 8,734 km2 (3,372 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2017) 4,730,650 359,530 (7.6%) |
Parishes | 98 |
Information | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Rite | Latin Rite |
Established | 10 January 1933 |
Cathedral | St Paul’s Cathedral in Vijayawada |
Co-cathedral | St Peter’s Co-Cathedral in Vijayawada |
Patron Saints | Saints Peter and Paul |
Secular priests | 276 |
Language | Telugu, English |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Thelagathoti J. Raja Rao, S.M.M. |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Prakash Mallavarapu |
Vicar General | |
Map | |
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Website | |
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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(.35 million) among all the Suffragan dioceses of the Archdiocese of Visakhapatnam.
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
St.Paul's Cathedral | St.Peter's Co-Cathedral | Agiripalli |
Ajitsinghnagar | Arugolanu | Assisi nagar (Konkepudi) |
Avanigadda | Avutapalli ( Peda Avutapalli) | Azzampudi |
Bantumilli | Bhaskarao Peta (Vijayawada) | Bhyravapatnam |
Bodavada- Jammavaram | Carmel Nagar (Vijayawada) | Challapalli |
Chanubanda | Chatrai | Chillakallu |
Christurajupuram (Vijayawada) | Edara | Edulagudem |
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 |
Kesarapalli | Koduru | Kondapalli |
Kondapavuluru | Korukollu | Kotapadu |
Kothapalli | Kuchipudi | Labbipeta (Vijayawada) |
Lourdhunagar (Vijayawada) | Machilipatnam | Mallavalli |
Manginapudi | Mariapuram (Lakshmipuram) | Muchintala |
Mudinepalli | Munagalapalli | Musunuru |
Mylavaram | Nagayalanka | Nandigama |
Nawabupeta | Nehrupeta | Nunna |
Nuzvid | Paidurupadu | Pamarru |
Peda-mustabad | Pedana | Penamaluru (Vijayawada) |
Penugolanu | Pezzonipeta (Vijayawada) | Polukonda |
Raja Rajeswaripeta (Vijayawada) | Ramanakkapeta | Ranigarithota (Vijayawada) |
Sahaya Nagar (Ibrahimpatnam) | Saradanagar | Satynarayanapuram (Vijayawada) |
Siluvagirinagar | Telaprolu | Theresanagar |
Thukkuluru | Thurlapadu | Tiruvuru |
Uppaluru | Vanukuru | Vatsavai |
Velagalagudem | Vellaturu | Velpuru (Vijayawada) |
Vennanapudi | Ventrapragada | Vissannapeta |
Vuyyuru | Yesupuram |
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 :
This article needs additional citations for
verification. (June 2019) |
Diocese of Vijayawada Dioecesis Viiayavadanus | |
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![]() | |
Location | |
Country | India |
Territory | Andhra Pradesh |
Ecclesiastical province | Visakhapatnam |
Metropolitan | Visakhapatnam |
Statistics | |
Area | 8,734 km2 (3,372 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2017) 4,730,650 359,530 (7.6%) |
Parishes | 98 |
Information | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Rite | Latin Rite |
Established | 10 January 1933 |
Cathedral | St Paul’s Cathedral in Vijayawada |
Co-cathedral | St Peter’s Co-Cathedral in Vijayawada |
Patron Saints | Saints Peter and Paul |
Secular priests | 276 |
Language | Telugu, English |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Thelagathoti J. Raja Rao, S.M.M. |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Prakash Mallavarapu |
Vicar General | |
Map | |
![]() | |
Website | |
www |
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(.35 million) among all the Suffragan dioceses of the Archdiocese of Visakhapatnam.
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
St.Paul's Cathedral | St.Peter's Co-Cathedral | Agiripalli |
Ajitsinghnagar | Arugolanu | Assisi nagar (Konkepudi) |
Avanigadda | Avutapalli ( Peda Avutapalli) | Azzampudi |
Bantumilli | Bhaskarao Peta (Vijayawada) | Bhyravapatnam |
Bodavada- Jammavaram | Carmel Nagar (Vijayawada) | Challapalli |
Chanubanda | Chatrai | Chillakallu |
Christurajupuram (Vijayawada) | Edara | Edulagudem |
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 |
Kesarapalli | Koduru | Kondapalli |
Kondapavuluru | Korukollu | Kotapadu |
Kothapalli | Kuchipudi | Labbipeta (Vijayawada) |
Lourdhunagar (Vijayawada) | Machilipatnam | Mallavalli |
Manginapudi | Mariapuram (Lakshmipuram) | Muchintala |
Mudinepalli | Munagalapalli | Musunuru |
Mylavaram | Nagayalanka | Nandigama |
Nawabupeta | Nehrupeta | Nunna |
Nuzvid | Paidurupadu | Pamarru |
Peda-mustabad | Pedana | Penamaluru (Vijayawada) |
Penugolanu | Pezzonipeta (Vijayawada) | Polukonda |
Raja Rajeswaripeta (Vijayawada) | Ramanakkapeta | Ranigarithota (Vijayawada) |
Sahaya Nagar (Ibrahimpatnam) | Saradanagar | Satynarayanapuram (Vijayawada) |
Siluvagirinagar | Telaprolu | Theresanagar |
Thukkuluru | Thurlapadu | Tiruvuru |
Uppaluru | Vanukuru | Vatsavai |
Velagalagudem | Vellaturu | Velpuru (Vijayawada) |
Vennanapudi | Ventrapragada | Vissannapeta |
Vuyyuru | Yesupuram |
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 :