Archdiocese of Hyderabad
| Archdiocese of Hyderabad | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | India |
| Diocesan bishop | Thumma Bala |
| Vicar General | Bandanadam Julian Solomon Thanugundla |
| founding | 1851 |
| surface | 25,319 km² |
| Parishes | 72 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Residents | 12,099,000 (December 31, 2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics | 89,900 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| proportion of | 0.7% |
| Diocesan priest | 90 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious priest | 143 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 386 |
| Friars | 186 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious sisters | 769 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| cathedral | St. Joseph's Cathedral |
| Website | official website |
The Archdiocese of Hyderabad ( Latin Archidioecesis Hyderabadensis ) is an archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church in India with its seat in Hyderabad .
The Archdiocese of Hyderabad includes the districts of Hyderabad , Rangareddy , Medak and Nizamabad in the state of Andhra Pradesh .
history
The Archdiocese of Hyderabad was founded in 1851 by Pope Pius IX. Established from cession of territory by the Apostolic Vicariate Madras as Apostolic Vicariate Hyderabad .
On September 1, 1886, the Apostolic Vicariate Hyderabad was by Pope Leo XIII. with the Apostolic Constitution Humanae salutis raised to the diocese and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Madras as a suffragan . The diocese of Hyderabad gave up on June 15, 1928 parts of its territory to establish the Mission sui juris Bellary . Further assignments of territory took place on January 10, 1933 to found the Mission sui juris Bezwada and on December 22, 1952 to found the Warangal diocese .
On September 19, 1953, the diocese of Hyderabad was by Pope Pius XII. with the Apostolic Constitution Mutant res raised to the archbishopric. The Archdiocese of Hyderabad gave on May 31, 1976 parts of its territory to establish the Diocese of Nalgonda . Further territorial assignments took place on December 17, 1977 to found the Diocese of Aurangabad and on June 24, 2005 to found the Diocese of Gulbarga .
Ecclesiastical province
- Archdiocese of Hyderabad
Ordinaries
Vicars Apostolic of Hyderabad
- Daniel Murphy , 1851–1865, later Archbishop of Hobart
- Jean-Dominique Barbero ( PIME ), 1870-1881
- Peter Caprotti PIME, 1882-1886
Bishops of Hyderabad
- Peter Caprotti PIME, 1886-1897
- Pierre-André Viganò SJ , 1897–1909
- Dionigi Vismara , 1909-1948
- Alphonsus Beretta PIME, 1950–1953, then Bishop of Warangal
- Joseph Mark Gopu , 1953
Archbishops of Hyderabad
- Joseph Mark Gopu, 1953–1971
- Saminini Arulappa , 1971-2000
- Marampudi Joji , 2000-2010
- Thumma Bala , since 2011
See also
Web links
- Web presence of the archbishopric (English)
- Entry for the Archdiocese of Hyderabad on catholic-hierarchy.org