Roman Catholic Diocese of Vijayawada

Diocese of Vijayawada

Dioecesis Viiayavadanus
Location
CountryIndia
TerritoryAndhra Pradesh
Ecclesiastical provinceVisakhapatnam
MetropolitanVisakhapatnam
Statistics
Area8,734 km2 (3,372 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		(as of 2017)
4,730,650
359,530 (7.6%)
Parishes98
Information
DenominationRoman Catholic
RiteLatin Rite
Established10 January 1933
CathedralSt Paul’s Cathedral in Vijayawada
Co-cathedralSt Peter’s Co-Cathedral in Vijayawada
Patron SaintsSaints Peter and Paul
Secular priests276
LanguageTelugu, English
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopThelagathoti J. Raja Rao, S.M.M.
Metropolitan ArchbishopPrakash Mallavarapu
Vicar General
Map
Website
www.vijayawadadiocese.org
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(.35 million) among all the Suffragan dioceses of the Archdiocese of Visakhapatnam.

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 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

Shrines

Seminaries

  • St. Ambrose Minor Seminary, Nuzivid (1957)
  • Angel Minor Seminary, Nuzivid
  • St.Paul's Regional Seminary(1984)
  • St.Joseph's Major Seminary, Chinavutapalli (2000)

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 :

  • Andhra Loyola college
  • Maris Stella College
  • NSM Public School,
  • Nirmala High School
  • VSt.Johns, Gannavaram
  • Atkinsons High
  • St.Mary's English Medium School, Kankipadu

Media & Publications

  • RADIO MARIA, Vijayawada.
  • DIVYAVANI TV Zonal Productions, Vijayawada.
  • IN VINCULO CHRISTI (Published since 1957)

Saints and causes for canonisation

  • Servant of God Joseph Thamby, OFS[1]

References

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

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