Suffragan diocese Guntur, India
Diocese of Guntur
Gunturen(sis)
Latin Church
The Diocese of Guntur is a Latin rite diocese in Andhra Pradesh, India, erected on 13 February 1940 and suffragan of the Archdiocese of Visakhapatnam. Its seat is the Bala Yesu (Infant Jesus) Cathedral in Phirangipuram.
On the map
Every see on one map: browse the dioceses. Churches with recorded hours: find Mass times.
- Established
- 1940
- Catholics
- 539,000
- Priests
- 196
- Territory
- 12,803 km²
Parishes and churches
67 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Sacred Heart of Jesus and Mary ChurchKuchipudiView parish
- Sagara MathaVijayapuri SouthView parish
- Sahaya Matne ChurchPatsala TadiparruView parish
- St. Agnes ChurchGuntur - St. AgnesView parish
- St. Agnes ChurchPerecherlaView parish
- St. Alphonsus de Liguori ChurchPedakurapaduView parish
- St. Anne ChurchK.C.WorksView parish
- St. Anne ChurchSattenapalliView parish
- St. Anne ChurchThallurView parish
- St. Anthony ChurchGuntur St. AnthonyView parish
- St. Anthony ChurchThurakapalemView parish
- St. Francis Xavier ChurchKatrapaduView parish
- St. Francis Xavier ChurchLoyola NagarView parish
- St. Francis Xavier ChurchMellavagu - ReddipalemView parish
- St. Francis Xavier ChurchMutlurView parish
- St. Francis Xavier ChurchNarasaraopetView parish
- St. Francis Xavier ChurchOleruView parish
- St. George ChurchGurazalaView parish
- St. Ignatius ChurchMachavaramView parish
- St. Ignatius of Loyola ChurchEdlapaduView parish
- St. Joseph ChurchAngalakuduruView parish
- St. Joseph ChurchKanaparruView parish
- St. Joseph ChurchKrosurView parish
- St. Joseph ChurchSankavarappaduView parish
- St. Joseph the Worker ChurchDurgiView parish
- St. Jude Thddeus ChurchVejendlaView parish
- St. Mary ChurchKolakalurView parish
- St. Mary ChurchMandadamView parish
- St. Mary ChurchRepalle - WestView parish
- St. Michael ChurchPedavadlapudiView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Bhagaiah Chinnabathini
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The cathedral
Bala Yesu (Infant Jesus) Cathedral, Phirangipuram stands in Guntur, 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
Carved out of the Diocese of Nellore in 1940, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Guntur lies in Andhra Pradesh, India. Msgr Thomas Pothacamury served as its first bishop, and the Most Rev. Bhagaiah Chinnabathini leads the diocese at present. Its cathedral stands in Phirangipuram.