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Roman Catholic Diocese of Eluru

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Diocese of Eluru

Dioecesis Eluruensis

ఏలూరు డియోసెస్
Location
CountryIndia
Ecclesiastical provinceVisakhapatnam
MetropolitanVisakhapatnam
Statistics
Area6,880 km2 (2,660 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2006)
7,867,781
281,531 (3.6%)
Information
DenominationRoman Catholic
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established9 December 1976
CathedralAmalodbhavi Cathedral in Eluru
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopJaya Rao Polimera
Metropolitan ArchbishopPrakash Mallavarapu

The Diocese of Eluru comprises the whole of West Godavari district and the Mandals of Amalapuram, Kothapeta, Rajole and Mummidivaram of East Godavari in Andhra Pradesh, India. This territory was formed from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Vijayawada and was erected into a Diocese by Pope Paul VI on December 9, 1976.[1]

Bishops

Notes

  1. ^ "Diocese of Eluru". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 21 January 2015.