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Archdiocese of Hyderabad

Archidioecesis Hyderabadensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Anthony Poola, Cardinal, Archbishop
  • Thumma Bala, Archbishop Emeritus

Suffragan Dioceses

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese
  • Elevated: 19 September 1953
  • Metropolitan See
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: India
  • Square Kilometers: 30,814 (11,901 Square Miles)
  • Official Web Site: https://archdioceseofhyderabad.org/
  • Mailing Address: Archbishop's House, 9-1-17/1, 11 Sardar Patel Road, Secunderabad-500003, Telangana State, A.P., India
  • Telephone: (040)2780.5545
  • Fax: 2780.0709

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Vicariate Apostolic of Hyderabad
1851ErectedVicariate Apostolic of Madras Vicariate Apostolic of Hyderabad (erected)
Diocese of Hyderabad
1 September 1886ElevatedVicariate Apostolic of Hyderabad Diocese of Hyderabad
15 June 1928Territory LostDiocese of Hyderabad (Raichur and Gulbarga)
Archdiocese of Madras (Bellary)
Mission "Sui Iuris" of Bellary (erected)
10 January 1933Territory LostDiocese of Hyderabad (Kistna and the Western Godavery) Mission "Sui Iuris" of Bezwada (erected)
22 December 1952Territory LostDiocese of Hyderabad (Karimnagar, Warangal, and Nalgonda) Diocese of Warangal (erected)
Archdiocese of Hyderabad
19 September 1953ElevatedDiocese of Hyderabad Archdiocese of Hyderabad
3 July 1959Territory AddedDiocese of Bellary (Alumpur, Gadwal, Tandur, and Godangal) Archdiocese of Hyderabad
31 May 1976Territory LostArchdiocese of Hyderabad (Mahbubnagar)
Diocese of Warangal (Nalgonda)
Diocese of Nalgonda (erected)
17 December 1977Territory LostDiocese of Amravati (Districts of Aurangabad and Parbhani)
Archdiocese of Hyderabad (Districts of Bhir, Nanded, and Osmanabad)
Diocese of Aurangabad (erected)
24 June 2005Territory LostDiocese of Belgaum (Bijapur)
Diocese of Bellary (Gulbarga)
Archdiocese of Hyderabad (Bidar)
Diocese of Gulbarga (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Diocese of Hyderabad
195044,2948,000,000.6%193049903928630ap1951
Archdiocese of Hyderabad
197035,3369,853,852.4%3213457854037219ap1971
198038,78711,160,000.3%3552874459349036ap1981
199066,46912,500,000.5%736814147112367142ap1991
199984,04011,000,000.8%9510920441116161269ap2000
200089,70012,370,000.7%9910820743317090072ap2001
200187,54112,370,000.7%8211619844216779272ap2002
200286,00912,370,000.7%8821230028626191272ap2003
200387,59212,172,000.7%8613522139619182177ap2004
200490,35413,012,000.7%9313122440318380777ap2005
200689,90012,099,000.7%9014323338518676972ap2007
2013114,80013,195,000.9%1261712973862581,03494ap2014
2016110,77713,716,000.8%1281803083592641,00895ap2017
2019117,54014,092,810.8%128137265443191990100ap2020
2021118,18014,389,270.8%1181032215341361,373101ap2022

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Diocese of Hyderabad
    • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 119
  • Archdiocese of Hyderabad
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 46, Page 83, to Page 87
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 51, Page 654

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