Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Visakhapatnam

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Archdiocese of Visakhapatnam

Archidioecesis Visakhapatnamensis

విశాఖపట్నం ఆర్చ్డియోసెస్
Location
Country India
Ecclesiastical province Visakhapatnam
Statistics
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Population
- Total
- Catholics		 (as of 2010)
12,640,684
247,231 (2%)
Information
Rite Latin Rite
Cathedral St Peter’s Cathedral in Visakhapatnam
Co-cathedral St Anne’s Co-Cathedral in Visakhapatnam
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Metropolitan Archbishop Prakash Mallavarapu
Emeritus Bishops Mariadas Kagithapu Archbishop Emeritus (2001-2012)

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)

Leadership

Suffragan dioceses

Sources


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