Coordinates: 17°43′09″N 83°17′05″E / 17.7193°N 83.2846°E / 17.7193; 83.2846

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Visakhapatnam

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Archdiocese of Visakhapatnam

Archidioecesis Visakhapatnamensis

విశాఖపట్నం ఆర్చ్డియోసెస్
Location
CountryIndia
Ecclesiastical provinceVisakhapatnam
Statistics
Area25,950 km2 (10,020 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics (including non-members)
(as of 2010)
12,640,684
247,231 (2%)
Information
RiteLatin Rite
CathedralSt Peter’s Cathedral in Visakhapatnam
Co-cathedralSt Anne’s Co-Cathedral in Visakhapatnam
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
Metropolitan Archbishop

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Visakhapatnam/Vizag/Vishakhapatnam (Latin: Visakhapatnamen(sis)) is an Archdiocese located in the city of Visakhapatnam in India.

History[]

  • 16 March 1845: Established as the Apostolic Pro-Vicariate of Vizagapatam from the [1]
  • 3 April 1850: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Vizagapatam
  • 1 September 1886: Promoted as Diocese of Vizagapatam
  • 21 October 1950: Renamed as Diocese of Visakhapatnam
  • 16 October 2001: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Visakhapatnam

Claretian Missionary Fathers(CMF) entered the diocese in the year 1888. In 1845 Rome entrusted to the MSFS a vast area of Eastern and Central India with the headquarters at 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.(Chinna Waltair) Society of Jesus(K.D. Peta) Congregation of the Missions (C.M) Vincentians (Ukkunagaram)

Leadership[]

  • Archbishops of Visakhapatnam (Latin Rite)
  • Bishops of Visakhapatnam (Latin Rite)
    • Bishop Kagithapu Mariadas, M.S.F.S. (later Archbishop) (10 September 1982 – 16 October 2001)
    • Bishop , M.S.F.S. (4 October 1966 – 2 August 1981)
    • Bishop , M.S.F.S. (21 October 1950 – 4 October 1966)
  • Bishops of Vizagapatam (Latin Rite)
    • Bishop Joseph-Alphonse Baud, M.S.F.S. (23 March 1947 – 21 October 1950)
    • Bishop , M.S.F.S. (18 June 1926 – 22 March 1947)
    • Bishop , M.S.F.S. (19 February 1891 – 18 June 1926)
    • Bishop , M.S.F.S. (1 September 1886 – 1890)
  • Vicars Apostolic
    • Bishop , M.S.F.S. (1862 – 1 September 1886)
    • Bishop , M.S.F.S. (3 April 1850–5 Nov 1862)
  • Pro-Vicars Apostolic
    • Fr. , M.S.F.S. (1847 – 3 April 1850)
    • Fr. , (16 March 1845 – 1847)

Suffragan dioceses[]

References[]

  1. ^ "History | Archdiocese of Visakhapatnam".

Sources[]

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