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 Josephs ChurchSrungavarapu KotaView parish
- St Peters churchManapuramView parish
- St Theresa of Avila ChurchPendurthiView parish
- St. Annes CocathedralReading RoomView parish
- St. Anthonys ChurchMaharanipetaView parish
- St. Francis De Sales ChurchChinna WaltairView parish
- St. Francis Xavier ChurchMuralinagarView parish
- St. John of Arc ChurchRajamundryView parish
- St. Joseph ChurchBobbiliView parish
- St. Josephs ChurchWaltairMass times recorded
- St. Maurice churchVijayanagaramView parish
- St. Pauls ChurchAnakapalliView parish
- St. Theresa of Child Jesus ChurchSaluruView parish
- St. Theresa of Child Jesus ChurchPedaboddepalliView parish
- St. Thomas ChurchButchirajupalemView parish
- St.Josephs ChurchMalkapuramView parish
- Velangini Matha ChurchKailasapuramView parish
- Vyakulamatha ShrineKondababaView parish
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.