Roman Catholic Diocese of Guntur

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Diocese of Guntur

Dioecesis Gunturensis

గుంటూరు డియోసెస్
Location
Country India
Ecclesiastical provinceVisakhapatnam
MetropolitanVisakhapatnam
Statistics
Area12,803 km2 (4,943 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics (including non-members)		(as of 2006)
5,150,945
218,097 (4.2%)
Information
DenominationRoman Catholic
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established13 February 1940
CathedralBala Yesu Cathedral (Infant Jesus Cathedral) in Phirangipuram
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopBhagaiah Chinnabathini
Metropolitan ArchbishopPrakash Mallavarapu

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India was created out of the Diocese of Nellore, 1940. Msgr Thomas Pothacamury was its First Bishop.

The present bishop of the diocese is the Most Rev. Bhagaiah Chinnabathini.

The cathedral of the Diocese is in Phirangipuram.

Bishops of Guntur[]

  • The Most Rev. Thomas Pothacamury (Pothakamuri) (9 April 1940 – 15 October 1942
  • The Most Rev. Ignatius Mummadi (13 July 1943 – 26 November 1973)
  • The Most Rev. Balashoury Thanugundla (26 November 1973 – 25 September 1974)
  • The Most Rev. Mariadas Kagithapu M.S.F.S. (19 December 1974 – 10 September 1982)
  • The Most Rev. (2 July 1984 Appointed - June 2016)
  • The Most Rev. Bishop Bhagaiah Chinnabathini (25 June 2016 appointed Bishop)

Parishes in Guntur Diocese[]

A few of the parishes with thousands of the faithful followers of the Roman Catholic religion in Guntur Diocese:

Saints and causes for canonisation[]

References[]

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

External links[]

Coordinates: 16°17′24″N 80°15′38″E / 16.2900°N 80.2605°E / 16.2900; 80.2605

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