Diocese of Eluru
Eluruen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Eluru, India
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.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 9 December 1976
- Latin
- Eluruen(sis)
- Patron
- Sagrado Coração de Jesus
- Annuario code
- 001001359
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 281,531
- Population
- 7,867,781
- Catholic share
- 3.6%
- Priests
- 295
- Catholics per priest
- 954
- Extent
- 6,880 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 41
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Jaya Rao Polimera
- Born
- 27 August 1965
- Birthplace
- Dharmasagar
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
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.
The province of Visakhapatnam
A suffragan of Visakhapatnam.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of VisakhapatnamVisakhapatnam
- Diocese of GunturGuntur
- Diocese of NelloreNellore
- Diocese of SrikakulamSrikakulam
- Diocese of VijayawadaVijayawada
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].