Diocese of Guntur
| Diocese of Guntur | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | India |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Visakhapatnam |
| Diocesan bishop | Bhagyaiah Chinnabathini |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Bali Gali |
| founding | 1940 |
| surface | 12,803 km² |
| Parishes | 84 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Residents | 6,066,380 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Catholics | 218,900 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
| proportion of | 3.6% |
| Diocesan priest | 100 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Religious priest | 75 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 1,251 |
| Friars | 160 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Religious sisters | 672 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| cathedral | Infant Jesus Cathedral |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Guntur ( lat. : Dioecesis Gunturensis ) is in India situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Guntur .
history
Pope Pius XII founded it with the Apostolic Constitution Ad aptius fovendum on February 13, 1940 from cession of territory by the Diocese of Nellore and it was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Madras as a suffragan diocese.
On September 19, 1953, it became part of the ecclesiastical province of the Archdiocese of Hyderabad . On October 16, 2001 it became part of the ecclesiastical province of the Archdiocese of Visakhapatnam.
Bishops of Guntur
- Thomas Pothacamury (April 9, 1940 - October 15, 1943, then Bishop of Bangalore )
- Ignatius Mummadi (July 13, 1943 - November 26, 1973)
- Balashoury Thanugundla (November 26, 1973 - September 25, 1974)
- Mariadas Kagithapu MSFS (December 19, 1974 - September 10, 1982, then Bishop of Visakhapatnam )
- Bali Gali (July 2, 1984 - June 25, 2016)
- Bhagyaiah Chinnabathini (since June 25, 2016)
territory
The diocese includes the Guntur in the state of Andhra Pradesh located district Guntur and Taluk Addanki .
See also
Web links
- Entry for the Diocese of Guntur on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Entry on the Diocese of Guntur on gcatholic.org (English)