Metropolitan see Visakhapatnam, India
Archdiocese of Visakhapatnam
Visakhapatnamen(sis)
Latin Church
Latin-rite metropolitan archdiocese in Andhra Pradesh, India, with origins in the 1845 Apostolic Pro-Vicariate of Vizagapatam, erected as the Diocese of Vizagapatam in 1886 and elevated to a metropolitan archdiocese on 16 October 2001. Seated at St Peter's Cathedral in Visakhapatnam, its suffragans are Eluru, Guntur, Nellore, Srikakulam and Vijayawada.
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- Established
- 1886
- Catholics
- 247,231
- Priests
- 156
- Territory
- 25,950 km²
Parishes and churches
48 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- St. Peters Cathedral ChurchGnanapuram · CathedralMass times recorded
- Chirst the King ChurchMangalapalemView parish
- Christ the King ChurchYerrasamanthavalasaView parish
- Christ the King ChurchAruku R.SMass times recorded
- Christ the King ChurchChodavaramView parish
- Christ the King ChurchGangavaramView parish
- Christ the King ChurchPayakaraopetaView parish
- Christ the Saviour ChurchSteel CityView parish
- DivyaKarunya Shrine, YesupuramGanganndoravalasaView parish
- Holy Cross ChurchOld GajuwakaMass times recorded
- Holy Family ChurchVadlapudiView parish
- Holy Redeemer ChurchGodavariView parish
- Infant Jesus ChurchPachipentaMass times recorded
- Infant Jesus ChurchAnaparthyMass times recorded
- Infant Jesus ChurchSeetammadharaView parish
- Koduru Matha ShrineKoduruView parish
- Lourdu Matha ChurchUttaravalliView parish
- Lourdu Matha ChurchSaligramapuramView parish
- Mary Help of Christians ChurchVepadaView parish
- Mary, Mother of God ChurchVengapuramMass times recorded
- Mary, Mother of God Church, SaluruMary NagarView parish
- Nitya Sahaya Matha ChurchArilovaView parish
- Our lady of Compassion ChurchMadugulaView parish
- Our Lady of fatima churchMakkuvaMass times recorded
- Our lady of perpetual Help ChurchBadangiView parish
- Rakshanagiri ShrineTown not recordedView parish
- Resurrection ChurchDraksharamMass times recorded
- Ross Hill ShrineTown not recordedView parish
- St Anns and Peters ChurchYellamanchilliView parish
- St Francis of Assisi ChurchMadhurawadaMass times recorded
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Udumala Bala Showreddy
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The cathedral
St Peter's Cathedral, Visakhapatnam stands in Visakhapatnam, 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 Visakhapatnam in India is the seat of this metropolitan archdiocese, known in Latin as Archdioecesis Metropolitae Visakhapatnamensis.