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.
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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. Sebastian’s ChurchSainikpuriView parish
- St. Stanislaus’ ChurchGaddiannaramView parish
- St. Theresa’s ChurchSanathnagarView parish
- St. Thomas ChurchMedakView parish
- St. Thomas’ ChurchSultan BazarView parish
- St. Thomas’ ChurchLillipurView parish
- St. Thomas’ ChurchSadasivpetView parish
- St. Vincent de Paul ChurchNedunoorView parish
- Vailankanni Mata ChurchBalaji NagarView 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).