Suffragan diocese Cuddapah, India
Diocese of Cuddapah
Cuddapahen(sis)
Latin Church
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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- 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.
- St. Mary's CathedralTown not recorded · CathedralView parish
- Arogramatha Catholic ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Arogyamatha ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Badvel - Mother Teresa ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Badvel- Fathima ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Christ the King ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Christ the King Church Baireddipalli (Po)Town not recordedView parish
- Don Bosco Catholic ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Don Bosco ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Holy Cross ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Holy Family ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Holy Spirit ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Immaculate Conception Church, AmagampalliTown not recordedView parish
- Infant Jesus ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Jaganmatha ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Jesus Good Shephard Catholic ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Kadapa - St. Mary's CathedralTown not recordedView parish
- Mary Mother of God ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Our Lady Fathima ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Our Lady of Velangani ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Queen of the Most Holy Rosary ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- R.C.M St. Xavier ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Rakshana Giri Catholic ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Risen Christ ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Sacred Heart Catholic ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Sacred Heart ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- St. Antholy's ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- St. Anthony's ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- St. Anthony's Mission ChurchTown not recordedView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
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.