Suffragan diocese Srikakulam, India
Diocese of Srikakulam
Srikakulamen(sis)
Latin Church
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.
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- Established
- 1993
- Catholics
- 85,900
- Priests
- 68
- Territory
- 8,524 km²
Parishes and churches
32 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Vijaya Kumar Rayarala
- Born
- 15 October 1969
- Birthplace
- Khammam
- Institute
- PONTIFICIO ISTITUTO MISSIONI ESTERE
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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.
History
The city of Srikakulam is the seat of this diocese (Latin: Srikakulamen(sis)), which belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Visakhapatnam in India.