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)12,640,684247,231 (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.

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)