Diocese of Srikakulam
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Diocese of Srikakulam
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| Country | India |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Visakhapatnam |
| Diocesan bishop | Rayarala Vijay Kumar PIME |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Innayya Chinna Addagatla |
| founding | 1993 |
| surface | 8,524 km² |
| Parishes | 36 (December 31, 2017 / AP2018 ) |
| Residents | 3,808,756 (December 31, 2017 / AP2018 ) |
| Catholics | 84,124 (December 31, 2017 / AP2018 ) |
| proportion of | 2.2% |
| Diocesan priest | 49 (December 31, 2017 / AP2018 ) |
| Religious priest | 17 (December 31, 2017 / AP2018 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 1,275 |
| Friars | 25 (December 31, 2017 / AP2018 ) |
| Religious sisters | 105 (December 31, 2017 / AP2018 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| cathedral | Santa Maria della Misericordia |
The diocese Srikakulam ( lat. : Dioecesis Srikakulamensis ) is in India situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Srikakulam .
history
Pope John Paul II founded it with the Apostolic Constitution Ad aptius fovendum on July 1, 1993 from cession of territory by the Diocese of Visakhapatnam and it was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Hyderabad as a suffragan diocese.
On October 16, 2001 it became part of the ecclesiastical province of the Archdiocese of Visakhapatnam.
territory
The diocese includes the state of Andhra Pradesh lying districts Srikakulam and parts of Vizianagaram.
Bishops of Srikakulam
- Innayya Chinna Addagatla , 2001-2018
- Rayarala Vijay Kumar PIME , since 2019
See also
Web links
- Entry for the diocese of Srikakulam on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Entry on the diocese of Srikakulam on gcatholic.org (English)