Diocese of Warangal
Varangalen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Warangal, India
Latin-rite diocese in Telangana, India, erected 22 December 1952 from the Diocese of Hyderabad. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Hyderabad, seated at Our Lady of Fatima Cathedral, Fatimanagar; in May 2026 Pope Leo XIV named Fr Vijaya Paul Reddy Duggimpudi its fourth bishop after Bishop Udumala Bala moved to Visakhapatnam in 2025.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 22 December 1952
- Latin
- Varangalen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001000137
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 66,385
- Population
- 7,724,845
- Catholic share
- 0.9%
- Priests
- 145
- Catholics per priest
- 458
- Extent
- 24,702 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 2.7
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Vijaya Paul Reddy Duggimpudi
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Our Lady of Fatima Cathedral, Fatimanagar, Warangal stands in Warangal, 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.
The province of Hyderabad
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Hyderabad.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of HyderabadHyderabad
- Diocese of CuddapahCuddapah
- Diocese of KhammamKhammam
- Diocese of KurnoolKurnool
- Diocese of NalgondaNalgonda
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Warangal (Latin: Varangalen(sis)) is a diocese seated in the city of Warangal, within the ecclesiastical province of Hyderabad in India.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].