Suffragan diocese Vijayawada, India
Diocese of Vijayawada
Viiayavadan(us)
Latin Church
Latin-rite diocese in Andhra Pradesh, India, begun 10 January 1933 as a mission sui iuris from the Diocese of Hyderabad, erected as the Diocese of Bezwada on 13 April 1937 and renamed Vijayawada on 21 October 1950. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Visakhapatnam, seated at St Paul's Cathedral in Vijayawada.
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- Established
- 1933
- Catholics
- 359,530
- Priests
- 276
- Territory
- 8,734 km²
Parishes and churches
84 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- St. Paul’s CathedralTown not recorded · CathedralView parish
- : Sacred Heart of Jesus ChurchLabbipetaView parish
- All Saints ChurchChillakalluView parish
- Arogya Matha ChurchKankipaduView parish
- Catholic ChurchGamplagudemView parish
- Catholic ChurchPezzonipetaView parish
- Christ the King ChurchChristurajupuramView parish
- Christ the King ChurchNagayalankaView parish
- Christ the Light of the World ChurchJyothinagarView parish
- Fathima Matha ChurchPeda MustabadView parish
- Holy Cross ChurchKaikaluruView parish
- Holy Cross ChurchMachilipatnamView parish
- Holy Cross ChurchSiluvagirinagarView parish
- Holy Family ChurchUppaluruView parish
- Holy Family ChurchVelagalagudemView parish
- Immaculate Conception ChurchVanukuruView parish
- Immaculate Conception ChurchVuyyuruView parish
- Immaculate Heart of Mary ChurchMunagalapalliView parish
- Infant Jesus ChurchJojinagarView parish
- Infant Jesus ChurchKuchipudiView parish
- Infant Jesus ChurchThukkuluruView parish
- Mary Help of Christians ChurchEdaraView parish
- Mary Help of Christians ChurchGuntupalliView parish
- Mary Help of Christians ChurchJagannadhapuramView parish
- Mary Help of Christians ChurchMariapuram LakshmipuramView parish
- Mary Help of Christians ChurchMudinepalliView parish
- Mary Help of Christians ChurchMylavaramView parish
- Mary Matha ChurchNuzvid TownView parish
- Mary Mother of God ChurchPenamaluruView parish
- Mary Queen of Angels ChurchKanchikacherlaView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Thelagathoti Joseph Raja Rao
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The cathedral
St Paul's Cathedral, Vijayawada stands in Vijayawada, 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
Seated in the city of Vijayawada within the ecclesiastical province of Visakhapatnam in India, this diocese (Latin: Viiayavadan(us)) administratively covers the geographical Krishna district of the state of Andhra Pradesh. Among all the suffragan dioceses of the Archdiocese of Visakhapatnam, Vijayawada holds the largest Catholic population, 359,000.