Archdiocese of Hyderabad
Hyderabaden(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Hyderabad, India
The Archdiocese of Hyderabad is a Latin rite metropolitan archdiocese in Telangana, India, established in 1851 as a vicariate and elevated to metropolitan archdiocese in 1953. Its seat is St Joseph's Cathedral in Hyderabad. Anthony Cardinal Poola has been archbishop since 2020 and was made India's first Dalit cardinal in 2022.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 19 September 1953
- Latin
- Hyderabaden(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001001633
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 114,800
- Population
- 13,195,000
- Catholic share
- 0.9%
- Priests
- 297
- Catholics per priest
- 387
- Extent
- 25,319 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 4.5
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
- Archbishop
- Anthony Cardinal Poola
- Born
- 15 November 1961
- Birthplace
- Poluru
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
St Joseph's Cathedral, Hyderabad stands in Hyderabad, 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 Hyderabad
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of CuddapahCuddapah
- Diocese of KhammamKhammam
- Diocese of KurnoolKurnool
- Diocese of NalgondaNalgonda
- Diocese of WarangalWarangal
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Seated in the city of Hyderabad in India, the Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Hyderabad carries the Latin title Hyderabaden(sis).
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].