Metropolitan see Hyderabad, India
Archdiocese of Hyderabad
Hyderabaden(sis)
Latin Church
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.
On the map
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- Established
- 1851
- Catholics
- 114,800
- Priests
- 297
- Territory
- 25,319 km²
Parishes and churches
99 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- St. Elizabeth Ann Seton ChurchKissannagarView parish
- St. Francis de Sales ChurchShanthinagarView parish
- St. Francis of Assisi ChurchRamnagarView parish
- St. Francis of Assisi ChurchYellareddyView parish
- St. Francis Xavier’s ChurchBorabandaView parish
- St. Francis Xavier’s ChurchAlwalView parish
- St. Francis Xavier’s ChurchYapralView parish
- St. Gonzalo Garcia ChurchPargiView parish
- St. Ignatius’ ChurchGagillapuramView parish
- St. John de Britto ChurchBayyaramView parish
- St. John Maria Vianney ChurchBhoigudaView parish
- St. John the Baptist Catholic ChurchArul ColonyView parish
- St. John’s ChurchRamachandrapuramView parish
- St. Joseph Freinademetz’ ChurchJogipetView parish
- St. Joseph’s ChurchMedchalView parish
- St. Joseph’s ChurchBolarumView parish
- St. Joseph’s ChurchCherlapallyView parish
- St. Joseph’s ChurchJadi JamalpurView parish
- St. Joseph’s ChurchPatancheruView parish
- St. Jude’s ShrineVikarabadView parish
- St. Mark’s ChurchTandurView parish
- St. Mary’s BasilicaSecunderabadView parish
- St. Mary’s ChurchMuthangiView parish
- St. Mathias’ ChurchJojipetView parish
- St. Michael’s ChurchGolcondaView parish
- St. Mother TheresaManikondaView parish
- St. Paul the Hermit’s ChurchNandrakalView parish
- St. Paul’s ChurchAlirajpetView parish
- St. Peter’s ChurchBodhanView parish
- St. Pius X ChurchNacharamView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Anthony Cardinal Poola
- Born
- 15 November 1961
- Birthplace
- Poluru
Explore the ministry of 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.
History
Seated in the city of Hyderabad in India, the Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Hyderabad carries the Latin title Hyderabaden(sis).