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Diocese of Kurnool

Dioecesis Kurnoolensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Johannes Gorantla, O.C.D., Bishop

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 12 June 1967
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Hyderabad
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: India
  • Square Kilometers: 43,000 (16,608 Square Miles)
  • Description: Civil districts of Kurnool and Anantapur
  • Official Web Site: http://www.kurnooldiocese.in
  • Mailing Address: Bishop's House, B-Camp, Kurnool-518002, A.P., India
  • Telephone: (08518)270.393
  • Fax: 270.313

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
12 June 1967ErectedDiocese of Nellore (Kurnool and Anantapur (in Andhra Pradesh)) Diocese of Kurnool (erected)
14 March 1977Territory LostDiocese of Guntur (Ongole and of Chirala)
Diocese of Kurnool (Markapuram and Giddalur)
Diocese of Nellore

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
197033,2003,568,000.9%35136922160ap1971
198043,0963,627,0001.2%311748897198730ap1981
199050,1604,959,5101.0%3711481,0451514034ap1991
199956,2265,168,2261.1%3331648783428743ap2000
200058,9905,274,4771.1%4042827195027444ap2001
200162,5465,888,4771.1%3939788015131645ap2002
200265,2146,452,8971.0%47459270824933446ap2003
200367,7857,151,570.9%55449968428734448ap2004
200469,4137,838,192.9%565010665431633148ap2005
201397,5249,246,0001.1%606712776714241652ap2014
201667,1238,229,916.8%515810961511841956ap2017
201968,6658,578,990.8%517712853613746658ap2020
2021102,9678,170,5071.3%56801367578246565ap2022

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


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 60, Page 65, and Page 66

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