Diocese of Warangal
| Diocese of Warangal | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | India |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Hyderabad |
| Diocesan bishop | Udumala Bala Showreddy (appointed) |
| founding | 1952 |
| surface | 24,702 km² |
| Parishes | 49 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Residents | 7,193,742 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics | 62,498 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| proportion of | 0.9% |
| Diocesan priest | 65 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious priest | 36 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 619 |
| Friars | 94 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious sisters | 499 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| cathedral | Our Lady of Fatima Cathedral |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Warangal ( lat. : Dioecesis Varangalensis ) is in India situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Warangal .
history
The Diocese of Warangal was on December 22, 1952 by Pope Pius XII. established with the Apostolic Constitution Cum de Hyderabadensi from cessions of territory of the diocese of Hyderabad . On May 31, 1976, the Warangal diocese gave parts of its territory to establish the Nalgonda diocese . Another assignment of territory took place on January 18, 1988 to establish the Diocese of Khammam .
It is subordinate to the Archdiocese of Hyderabad as a suffragan .
territory
The Diocese of Warangal includes the districts of Karimnagar and Warangal in the state of Andhra Pradesh .
Bishops of Warangal
- Alphonsus Beretta PIME , 1953-1985
- Thumma Bala , 1986–2011, then Archbishop of Hyderabad
- Udumala Bala Showreddy , since 2013