Diocese of Kurnool

Kurnoolen(sis)

Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Kurnool, India

Latin-rite diocese in Andhra Pradesh, India, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Hyderabad. Erected 12 June 1967 from the Diocese of Nellore. Its seat is Our Lady of Lourdes Cathedral in Kurnool.

The see

Rank: Suffragan diocese
Tradition: Latin Church
Erected: 12 June 1967
Latin: Kurnoolen(sis)
Patron: Nossa Senhora de Lourdes
Annuario code: 001001921

The see in figures

Catholics: 82,484
Population: 8,253,225
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds: 1.0%
Priests: 149
Catholics per priest: 554
Extent: 43,000 km²
Catholics per km²: 1.9

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: Johannes Gorantla, OCD

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 Lourdes Cathedral, Kurnool stands in Kurnool, 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 Hyderabad.

The sees of this province:

On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.

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Sources

The see's own website · Wikipedia

Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.