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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Visakhapatnam

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Ecclesiastical province
  
Visakhapatnam

Pope
  
Francis

Country
  
India

Rite
  
Latin Rite

Area
  
25,950 km²

Metropolitan archbishop
  
Mallavarapu Prakash

Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2010) 12,640,684 247,231 (2%)

Cathedral
  
St Peter’s Cathedral in Visakhapatnam

Co-cathedral
  
St Anne’s Co-Cathedral in Visakhapatnam

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

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History

  • 3 April 1850: Established as the Apostolic Vicariate of Vizagapatam from the Apostolic Vicariate of Madras
  • 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)
  • Archbishop Prakash Mallavarapu; Archbishop; formerly Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Vijayawada, India
  • Archbishop Mariadas Kagithapu, M.S.F.S. (16 October 2001 – 3 July 2012); retired
  • Bishops of Visakhapatnam (Latin Rite)
  • Bishop Mariadas Kagithapu, M.S.F.S. (later Archbishop) (10 September 1982 – 16 October 2001)
  • Bishop Ignatius Gopu, M.S.F.S. (4 October 1966 – 2 August 1981)
  • Bishop Joseph-Alphonse Baud, 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 Pierre Rossillon, M.S.F.S. (18 June 1926 – 22 March 1947)
  • Bishop Jean-Marie Clerc, M.S.F.S. (19 February 1891 – 18 June 1926)
  • 1stBishop&Second Vicar ApostolicJean Marie Tissot, (september1st,1886-1890)
  • 1st Vicar ApostolicTheophile Sebastian Neyret,(April4th,1848-1862)

    • Suffragan dioceses

  • Eluru
  • Guntur
  • Nellore
  • Srikakulam
  • Vijayawada

    • References

    Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Visakhapatnam Wikipedia
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