Diocese of Kurnool, India

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Kurnool / Kurnoolen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Hyderabad

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Our Lady of Lourdes

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1967.06.12: Established as Diocese of Kurnool / Kurnoolen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Nellore and became suffragan of Hyderabad)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2024.02.27 – ...):

Bishop Johannes Gorantla, O.C.D. (51)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Kurnool (Roman Rite)

Bishop Johannes Gorantla, O.C.D. (51)
(2024.02.27 – ...)

Bishop of Kurnool (India)

Sufficit gratia tua

Born:	1974.02.27 (Nawabu Peta, India)
Ordained Priest:	2002.01.10
Consecrated Bishop:	2024.04.24

Bishop of Kurnool (India) (2024.02.27 – ...)

Bishop Anthony Poola (63) (later Cardinal)
(2008.02.08 – 2020.11.19)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Protomartiri a Via Aurelia Antica
Metropolitan Archbishop of Hyderabad (India)

Good news to the poor

Born:	1961.11.15 (Poluru, India)
Ordained Priest:	1992.02.20
Consecrated Bishop:	2008.04.19
Created Cardinal:	2022.08.27

Priest of Cuddapah (India) (1992.02.20 – 2008.02.08)

Bishop of Kurnool (India) (2008.02.08 – 2020.11.19)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Hyderabad (India) (2020.11.19 – ...)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Protomartiri a Via Aurelia Antica (2022.08.27 [2023.07.02] – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of Nalgonda (India) (2022.10.29 – 2024.02.17)

Bishop Johannes Gorantla
(1993.12.06 – 2007.01.20)

He has risen

Born:	1952.04.10 (Managalapalli, India)
Ordained Priest:	1977.03.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1994.01.26
Died:	2007.01.20 († 54)

Bishop of Kurnool (India) (1993.12.06 – 2007.01.20)

Bishop Abraham Aruliah Somavarapa
(Apostolic Administrator 1991 – 1993.12.06)

Bishop Mathew Cheriankunnel, P.I.M.E.
(1988.01.18 – 1991.07.16)

God is good

Born:	1930.09.23 (Kadayanicad, India)
Ordained Priest:	1962.04.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1977.05.03
Died:	2022.03.30 (Eluru, India † 91)

Bishop of Nalgonda (India) (1976.05.31 – 1986.12.22)

Coadjutor Bishop of Kurnool (India) (1986.12.22 – 1988.01.18)

Bishop of Kurnool (India) (1988.01.18 – 1991.07.16)

Bishop Joseph Rajappa
(1967.06.12 – 1988.01.18)

Born:	1918.11.03 (Anekal, India)
Ordained Priest:	1945.12.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1967.09.07
Died:	1989.12.27 († 71)

Bishop of Kurnool (India) (1967.06.12 – 1988.01.18)

Bishop of Khammam (India) (1988.01.18 – 1989.12.27)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Mathew Cheriankunnel, P.I.M.E. (1986.12.22 – 1988.01.18)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Our Lady of Lourdes Cathedral, Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh
Co-Cathedral: St. Teresa’s Co-Cathedral, Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh

Shimoga (↙), Bellary (←), Nalgonda (↗), Nellore (→), Cuddapah (↘), Bangalore (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 43,000 km²

Population: 105,219 Catholics (1.3% of 8,253,225 total)

Pastoral Centres: 65 parishes, 4 missions

Personnel: 149 priests (60 diocesan, 89 religious), 538 religious (94 brothers, 444 sisters), 15 seminarians