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Diocese of Guntur

Dioecesis Gunturensis

గుంటూరు డియోసెస్
Location
CountryRoman Catholic Diocese of Guntur India
Ecclesiastical provinceVisakhapatnam
MetropolitanVisakhapatnam
Statistics
Area12,803 km2 (4,943 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2006)
2,091,075
8,18,097 (4.2%)
Information
DenominationRoman Catholic
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established13 February 1940
CathedralBala Yesu Cathedral (Infant Jesus Cathedral) in Phirangipuram
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopBhagaiah Chinnabathini
Metropolitan ArchbishopPrakash Mallavarapu

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India was created out of the Diocese of Nellore, 1940. Msgr Thomas Pothacamury was its First Bishop.

The present bishop of the diocese is the Most Rev. Bhagaiah Chinnabathini.

The cathedral of the Diocese is in Phirangipuram.

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