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Diocese of Eluru
Dioecesis Eluruensis
ఏలూరు డియోసెస్
Location
Country
India
Ecclesiastical province
Visakhapatnam
Metropolitan
Visakhapatnam
Statistics
Area
6,880 km2 (2,660 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics
(as of 2006) 7,867,781 281,531 (3.6%)
Information
Denomination
Roman Catholic
Sui iuris church
Latin Church
Rite
Roman Rite
Established
9 December 1976
Cathedral
Amalodbhavi Cathedral in Eluru
Current leadership
Pope
Francis
Bishop
Jaya Rao Polimera
Metropolitan Archbishop
Prakash Mallavarapu
The Diocese of Eluru comprises the whole of West Godavari district and the Mandals of Amalapuram, Kothapeta, Rajole and Mummidivaram of East Godavari in Andhra Pradesh, India. This territory was formed from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Vijayawada and was erected into a Diocese by Pope Paul VI on 9 December 1976.[1]
^"Diocese of Eluru". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
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