Suffragan diocese Nellore, India
Diocese of Nellore
Nelloren(sis)
Latin Church
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).
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- Established
- 1928
- Catholics
- 79,765
- Priests
- 134
- Territory
- 30,800 km²
Parishes and churches
40 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- St. Ignatius ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- St. John the Baptist ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- St. Joseph's ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- St. Louis De Conzague ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- St. Mary's ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- St. Michael's ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- St. Paul's ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- St. Raphael's ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- St. Theresa of the Child Jesus ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- St. Thomas ChurchTown not recordedView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Doraboina Moses Prakasam
- Born
- 2 October 1957
- Birthplace
- Cuddapah
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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.