Diocese of Srikakulam
Srikakulamen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Srikakulam, India
Latin-rite diocese in northern Andhra Pradesh, India, erected 1 July 1993 from the Diocese of Visakhapatnam. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Visakhapatnam, seated at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Mercy in Srikakulam.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1 July 1993
- Latin
- Srikakulamen(sis)
- Patron
- Mary Help of Christians
- Annuario code
- 001003111
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 85,900
- Population
- 3,895,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 2.2%
- Priests
- 68
- Catholics per priest
- 1,263
- Extent
- 8,524 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 10
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 Kumar Rayarala
- Born
- 15 October 1969
- Birthplace
- Khammam
- Institute
- PONTIFICIO ISTITUTO MISSIONI ESTERE
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
Cathedral of Our Lady of Mercy, Srikakulam stands in Srikakulam, 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 Visakhapatnam
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Visakhapatnam.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of VisakhapatnamVisakhapatnam
- Diocese of EluruEluru
- Diocese of GunturGuntur
- Diocese of NelloreNellore
- Diocese of VijayawadaVijayawada
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The city of Srikakulam is the seat of this diocese (Latin: Srikakulamen(sis)), which belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Visakhapatnam in India.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.