Diocese of Nellore
Nelloren(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Nellore, India
Latin-rite diocese in Andhra Pradesh, India, erected 3 July 1928 from the Archdiocese of Madras and Mylapore. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Visakhapatnam, with St. Joseph's Cathedral in Nellore as its seat and about 79,800 Catholics (2004).
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 3 July 1928
- Latin
- Nelloren(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001002372
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 79,765
- Population
- 6,601,312
- Catholic share
- 1.2%
- Priests
- 134
- Catholics per priest
- 595
- Extent
- 30,800 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 2.6
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
- Bishop
- Doraboina Moses Prakasam
- Born
- 2 October 1957
- Birthplace
- Cuddapah
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, Nellore stands in Nellore, 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 Visakhapatnam
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Visakhapatnam.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of VisakhapatnamVisakhapatnam
- Diocese of EluruEluru
- Diocese of GunturGuntur
- Diocese of SrikakulamSrikakulam
- Diocese of VijayawadaVijayawada
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].