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Archdiocese of Visakhapatnam Archidioecesis Visakhapatnamensis విశాఖపట్నం ఆర్చ్డియోసెస్ | |
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Location | |
Country | India |
Ecclesiastical province | Visakhapatnam |
Statistics | |
Area | 25,950 km2 (10,020 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2010) 12,640,684 247,231 (2%) |
Information | |
Rite | Latin Rite |
Cathedral | St Peter’s Cathedral in Visakhapatnam |
Co-cathedral | St Anne’s Co-Cathedral in Visakhapatnam |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Metropolitan Archbishop | sede vacante |
Bishops emeritus | Prakash Mallavarapu |
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Visakhapatnam ( Latin: Archdioecesis Visakhapatnamensis) is an archdiocese located in the city of Visakhapatnam in India.
Claretian Missionary Fathers (CMF) entered the diocese in the year 1888. In 1845, Rome entrusted a vast area of Eastern and Central India to the MSFS, who set their headquarters in Visakhapatnam. The first group of MSFS landed on the East coast of India on 8 September 1845. The order of Friars Minor Capuchins. A novitiate was opened in India in 1922 thus planting the order in the Indian soil.
This article relies largely or entirely on a
single source. (July 2019) |
Archdiocese of Visakhapatnam Archidioecesis Visakhapatnamensis విశాఖపట్నం ఆర్చ్డియోసెస్ | |
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Location | |
Country | India |
Ecclesiastical province | Visakhapatnam |
Statistics | |
Area | 25,950 km2 (10,020 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2010) 12,640,684 247,231 (2%) |
Information | |
Rite | Latin Rite |
Cathedral | St Peter’s Cathedral in Visakhapatnam |
Co-cathedral | St Anne’s Co-Cathedral in Visakhapatnam |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Metropolitan Archbishop | sede vacante |
Bishops emeritus | Prakash Mallavarapu |
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Visakhapatnam ( Latin: Archdioecesis Visakhapatnamensis) is an archdiocese located in the city of Visakhapatnam in India.
Claretian Missionary Fathers (CMF) entered the diocese in the year 1888. In 1845, Rome entrusted a vast area of Eastern and Central India to the MSFS, who set their headquarters in Visakhapatnam. The first group of MSFS landed on the East coast of India on 8 September 1845. The order of Friars Minor Capuchins. A novitiate was opened in India in 1922 thus planting the order in the Indian soil.