Diocese of

Guntur UCA 𝐖

India

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Guntur / Gunturen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Visakhapatnam

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1940.02.13: Established as Diocese of Guntur / Gunturen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Nellore and became suffragan of Madras)
1953.09.19: Became suffragan of Hyderabad
1977.03.12: Lost territory to Diocese of Nellore
2001.10.16: Became suffragan of Visakhapatnam

Present Prelates

Bishop (2016.06.25 – ...):

Bishop Bhagyaiah Chinnabathini (68)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Guntur (Roman Rite)

Bishop Bhagyaiah Chinnabathini (68)
(2016.06.25 – ...)

Bishop of Guntur (India)

Wisdom and fortitude

Born:	1956.09.19 (Motakondur-Yadagirigutta Mandal, India)
Ordained Priest:	1983.05.03
Consecrated Bishop:	2016.09.08

Priest of Nalgonda (India) (1983.05.03 – 2016.06.25)

Bishop of Guntur (India) (2016.06.25 – ...)

Bishop Bali Gali (85)
(1984.07.02 – 2016.06.25)

Apostolic Administrator of Cuddapah (India)
Bishop emeritus of Guntur (India)

Christ is my passion

Born:	1939.04.29 (Patibandla, India)
Ordained Priest:	1964.12.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1984.10.23

Priest of Guntur (India) (1964.12.19 – 1984.07.02)

Bishop of Guntur (India) (1984.07.02 – 2016.06.25)

Apostolic Administrator of Cuddapah (India) (2018.12.10 – ...)

Bishop Mariadas Kagithapu, M.S.F.S. (later Archbishop)
(1974.12.19 – 1982.09.10)

To Christ for the world

Born:	1936.09.07 (India)
Ordained Priest:	1961.06.10
Consecrated Bishop:	1977.05.05
Died:	2018.02.26 († 81)

Bishop of Guntur (India) (1974.12.19 – 1982.09.10)

Bishop of Visakhapatnam (India) (1982.09.10 – 2001.10.16)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Visakhapatnam (India) (2001.10.16 – 2012.07.03)

Bishop Balashoury Thanugundla
(1973.11.26 – 1974.09.25)

Born:	1928.04.19 (India)
Ordained Priest:	1957.12.07
Consecrated Bishop:	1974.03.12
Died:	1974.09.25 († 46)

Bishop of Guntur (India) (1973.11.26 – 1974.09.25)

Bishop Ignatius Mummadi
(1943.07.13 – 1973.11.26)

Born:	1899.03.11 (India)
Ordained Priest:	1925.12.03
Consecrated Bishop:	1943.10.28
Died:	1983.04.02 († 84)

Bishop of Guntur (India) (1943.07.13 – 1973.11.26)

Bishop Thomas Pothacamury (later Archbishop)
(1940.04.09 – 1942.10.15)

Born:	1889.09.02 (India)
Ordained Priest:	1916.12.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1940.06.29
Died:	1968.05.18 († 78)

Bishop of Guntur (India) (1940.04.09 – 1942.10.15)

Bishop of Bangalore (India) (1942.10.15 – 1953.09.19)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Bangalore (India) (1953.09.19 – 1968.01.11)

Titular Archbishop of Thimida regia (1968.01.11 – 1968.05.18)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Bala Yesu Cathedral, Phirangipuram, Andhra Pradesh

Nalgonda (↖), Vijayawada (↗), Nellore (↓)

Statistics (2021.12.31)

Area: 12,803 km²

Population: 539,000 Catholics (8.1% of 6,645,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 107 parishes

Personnel: 196 priests (122 diocesan, 74 religious), 812 religious (89 brothers, 723 sisters), 30 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2024.12.15

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