Diocese of Nellore, India

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Nellore / Nelloren(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Visakhapatnam

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1928.07.03: Established as Diocese of Nellore / Nelloren(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Madras and became suffragan of Madras)
1940.02.13: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Guntur
1953.09.19: Became suffragan of Hyderabad
1967.06.12: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Kurnool
1976.10.19: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Cuddapah
1977.03.12: Gained territory from Diocese of Guntur
2001.10.16: Became suffragan of Visakhapatnam

Present Prelates

Bishop (2006.12.07 – ...):	Bishop Doraboina Moses Prakasam (67)
Coadjutor Bishop (2024.11.09 – ...):	Bishop Anthony Das Pilli (51)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Nellore (Roman Rite)

Bishop Doraboina Moses Prakasam (67)
(2006.12.07 – ...)

Bishop of Nellore (India)

God is my family

Born:	1957.10.02 (Mariampuram, India)
Ordained Priest:	1983.04.07
Consecrated Bishop:	2002.08.28

Priest of Cuddapah (India) (1983.04.07 – 2002.07.26)

Bishop of Cuddapah (India) (2002.07.26 – 2006.12.07)

Bishop of Nellore (India) (2006.12.07 – ...)

Bishop Prakash Mallavarapu (75) (later Archbishop)
(Apostolic Administrator sede plena 2005.10.22 – 2006.12.07)

Bishop Pudhota Chinniah Balaswamy
(1973.12.17 – 2006.12.07)

Born:	1928.10.10 (India)
Ordained Priest:	1955.04.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1974.03.19
Died:	2009.09.24 († 80)

Bishop of Nellore (India) (1973.12.17 – 2006.12.07)

Bishop Bala Shoury Thumma
(1970.03.16 – 1973.08.04)

Born:	1908.12.25 (India)
Ordained Priest:	1935.12.12
Consecrated Bishop:	1967.10.11
Died:	1979.05.04 († 70)

Titular Bishop of Corniculana (1967.06.22 – 1970.03.16)

Coadjutor Bishop of Nellore (India) (1967.06.22 – 1970.03.16)

Bishop of Nellore (India) (1970.03.16 – 1973.08.04)

Bishop William Bouter, M.H.M.
(1929.05.28 – 1970.03.16)

Born:	1895.07.25 (Netherlands)
Ordained Priest:	1921.07.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1929.09.08
Died:	1970.03.16 († 74)

Bishop of Nellore (India) (1929.05.28 – 1970.03.16)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Bala Shoury Thumma (1967.06.22 – 1970.03.16)

Special Churches

Cathedral: St. Joseph’s Cathedral, Nellore, Andhra Pradesh

Cuddapah (←), Kurnool (↖), Guntur (↑), Nalgonda (↑), Madras and Mylapore (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 30,800 km²

Population: 94,000 Catholics (1.4% of 6,557,190 total)

Pastoral Centres: 85 parishes, 1 mission

Personnel: 134 priests (104 diocesan, 30 religious), 287 religious (30 brothers, 257 sisters), 23 seminarians