Diocese of Srikakulam
Srikakulamen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Srikakulam, India
Latin-rite diocese in northern Andhra Pradesh, India, erected 1 July 1993 from the Diocese of Visakhapatnam. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Visakhapatnam, seated at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Mercy in Srikakulam.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1 July 1993
- Latin
- Srikakulamen(sis)
- Patron
- Mary Help of Christians
- Annuario code
- 001003111
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 85,900
- Population
- 3,895,000
- Catholic share
- 2.2%
- Priests
- 68
- Catholics per priest
- 1,263
- Extent
- 8,524 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 10
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
- Vijaya Kumar Rayarala
- Born
- 15 October 1969
- Birthplace
- Khammam
- Institute
- PONTIFICIO ISTITUTO MISSIONI ESTERE
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
Cathedral of Our Lady of Mercy, Srikakulam stands in Srikakulam, 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 NelloreNellore
- Diocese of VijayawadaVijayawada
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The city of Srikakulam is the seat of this diocese (Latin: Srikakulamen(sis)), which belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Visakhapatnam in India.
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].