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Diocese of Vijayawada
Dioecesis Viiayavadanus
Location
Country
India
Territory
Andhra Pradesh
Ecclesiastical province
Visakhapatnam
Metropolitan
Visakhapatnam
Statistics
Area
8,734 km2 (3,372 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics
(as of 2017) 4,730,650 359,530 (7.6%)
Parishes
98
Information
Denomination
Roman Catholic
Rite
Latin Rite
Established
10 January 1933
Cathedral
St Paul’s Cathedral in Vijayawada
Co-cathedral
St Peter’s Co-Cathedral in Vijayawada
Patron Saints
Saints Peter and Paul
Secular priests
276
Language
Telugu, English
Current leadership
Pope
Francis
Bishop
Thelagathoti J. Raja Rao, S.M.M.
Metropolitan Archbishop
Prakash Mallavarapu
Vicar General
Msgr. Muvvala Prasad,
Msgr. Mesapam Gabriel
Map
Website
www.vijayawadadiocese.org
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Vijayawada (Latin: Viiayavadan(us)) is a diocese located in the city of Vijayawada in the ecclesiastical province of Visakhapatnam in India. Administratively, the diocese encompasses the geographical Krishna district of the state of Andhra Pradesh . The Diocese of Vijayawada has the largest catholic population(.35 million) among all the Suffragan dioceses of the Archdiocese of Visakhapatnam.
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