Jurisdiction: | Diocese |
Vijayawada | |
Latin: | Dioecesis Viiayavadanus |
Country: | India |
Territory: | Andhra Pradesh |
Metropolitan: | Visakhapatnam |
Province: | Visakhapatnam |
Denomination: | Roman Catholic |
Rite: | Latin Rite |
Established: | 10 January 1933 |
Cathedral: | St Paul’s Cathedral in Vijayawada |
Cocathedral: | St Peter’s Co-Cathedral in Vijayawada |
Patron: | Saints Peter and Paul |
Patron Title: | Patron Saints |
Area Km2: | 8,734 |
Population: | 4,730,650 |
Population As Of: | 2017 |
Catholics: | 359,530 |
Catholics Percent: | 7.6 |
Parishes: | 98 |
Priests: | 276 |
Language: | Telugu, English |
Bishop: | Thelagathoti J. Raja Rao, S.M.M. |
Metro Archbishop: | Prakash Mallavarapu |
Map: | Map-Diocese-of-Vijayawada.jpg |
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.
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