Diocese of Nalgonda
| Diocese of Nalgonda | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | India |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Hyderabad |
| Diocesan bishop | Joji Govindu |
| founding | 1976 |
| surface | 32,632 km² |
| Parishes | 65 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 6,536,676 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 73,452 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 1.1% |
| Diocesan priest | 82 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 52 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 548 |
| Friars | 66 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 375 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| cathedral | Mary Queen of the Apostles Cathedral |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Nalgonda ( lat. : Dioecesis Nalgondaensis ) is in India situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Nalgonda .
history
The diocese of Nalgonda was on May 31, 1976 by Pope Paul VI. established with the Apostolic Constitution Animarum utilitati from cessions of territory of the Archdiocese of Hyderabad and the Diocese of Warangal and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Hyderabad as a suffragan .
territory
The diocese of Nalgonda includes the districts of Mahbubnagar and Nalgonda in the state of Telangana .
Bishops of Nalgonda
- Mathew Cheriankunnel PIME , 1976–1986, then Coadjutor Bishop of Kurnool
- Innayya Chinna Addagatla , 1989–1993, then Bishop of Srikakulam
- Joji Govindu , since 1997
See also
Web links
- Description on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)