Suffragan diocese Eluru, India
Diocese of Eluru
Eluruen(sis)
Latin Church
The Diocese of Eluru is a Latin rite diocese in Andhra Pradesh, India, erected on 9 December 1976 and suffragan of the Archdiocese of Visakhapatnam. Its seat is the Amalodbhavi Cathedral in Eluru.
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- Established
- 1976
- Catholics
- 281,531
- Priests
- 295
- Territory
- 6,880 km²
Parishes and churches
4 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Amalodbhavi Matha CathedralEluru · CathedralView parish
- Helapuri Velankanni ParishSamaladiviView parish
- Our Lady of Lourdes ParishTadikalapudiView parish
- Our Lady of Nirmalagiri ParishNirmalagiriView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Jaya Rao Polimera
- Born
- 27 August 1965
- Birthplace
- Dharmasagar
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The cathedral
Amalodbhavi Cathedral, Eluru stands in Eluru, 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
Parts of Eluru district, Konaseema district, and West Godavari district in Andhra Pradesh, India, make up the Diocese of Eluru. Carved from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Vijayawada, the territory was erected as a diocese by Pope Paul VI on 9 December 1976.