Diocese of Kurnool
Kurnoolen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Kurnool, India
Latin-rite diocese in Andhra Pradesh, India, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Hyderabad. Erected 12 June 1967 from the Diocese of Nellore. Its seat is Our Lady of Lourdes Cathedral in Kurnool.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 12 June 1967
- Latin
- Kurnoolen(sis)
- Patron
- Nossa Senhora de Lourdes
- Annuario code
- 001001921
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 82,484
- Population
- 2,010
- Priests
- 149
- Catholics per priest
- 554
- Extent
- 43,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 1.9
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
- Johannes Gorantla, OCD
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
Our Lady of Lourdes Cathedral, Kurnool stands in Kurnool, 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
A suffragan of Hyderabad.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of HyderabadHyderabad
- Diocese of CuddapahCuddapah
- Diocese of KhammamKhammam
- Diocese of NalgondaNalgonda
- Diocese of WarangalWarangal
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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].