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Suffragan diocese Cuddapah, India

Diocese of Cuddapah

Cuddapahen(sis)

The Diocese of Cuddapah is a Latin rite diocese in Andhra Pradesh, India, erected in 1976 and suffragan of the Archdiocese of Hyderabad. Its seat is St Mary's Cathedral in Mariapuram. Bishop Paul Prakash Saginala was appointed on 8 March 2025 and ordained on 9 April 2025, ending a long vacancy.

On the map

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The address the register holds for St Mary's Cathedral, Mariapuram, in Cuddapah, India.

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Established
1976
Catholics
134,145
Priests
147
Territory
15,359 km²

Parishes and churches

53 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Bishop
Paul Prakash Saginala
Born
12 June 1961
Birthplace
Cuddapah

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The cathedral

St Mary's Cathedral, Mariapuram stands in Cuddapah, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.

History

Located in the city of Kadapa in India, the Roman Catholic Diocese of kadapa (Latin: kadapahen(sis)) sits within the ecclesiastical province of Hyderabad. At present some 66 parishes serve the 81,580 Catholics of the diocese.