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.
- Mary, Help of Christians ChurchTiruvuruView parish
- Our Lady of Good Heath ChurchSatynarayanapuramView parish
- Our Lady of Lourdes ChurchGunadalaView parish
- Our Lady of Lourdes ChurchMuchintalaView parish
- Our Lady of Mount Carmel ChurchGudivadaView parish
- Our Lady of Mount Carmel ChurchKanuruView parish
- Our Lady of Perpetual Help ChurchVisannapetaView parish
- Our Lady of Protection ChurchNehrupetaView parish
- Our Lady of Rosary ChurchMallavalliView parish
- Our Lady of Rosary ChurchVennanapudiView parish
- Our Lady of Sea ChurchManginapudiView parish
- Sacred Heart ChurchNunnaView parish
- Sacred Heart ChurchVelpur ReligiousView parish
- Sacred Heart ChurchVentrapragadaView parish
- Sagara Matha Parish ChurchSaradanagarView parish
- St John the Evangelist ChurchChanubandaView parish
- St. Ambrose ChurchLourdhunagarView parish
- St. Anthony ChurchThurlapaduView parish
- St. Anthony of Padua ChurchVatsavaiView parish
- St. Anthony Padua ChurchKesarapalliView parish
- St. Benedict ChurchJeevan Nagar JakkampudiView parish
- St. Francis of Assisi ChurchEnikepaduView parish
- St. Francis Xavier ChurchKambhampaduView parish
- St. Ignatius of Loyola ChurchKorukolluView parish
- St. John Maria Vianney ChurchKothapalliView parish
- St. John the Baptist Parish ChurchKondapavuluruView parish
- St. Joseph ChurchEdulagudemView parish
- St. Joseph ChurchKalidindiView parish
- St. Joseph ChurchKeesaraView parish
- St. Joseph ChurchKotapaduView 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.