Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Visakhapatnam

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The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Visakhapatnam (Template:Langx) is an archdiocese located in the city of Visakhapatnam in India.

History

  • 16 March 1845: Established as the Apostolic Pro-Vicariate of Vizagapatam from the Apostolic Vicariate of Madras[1]
  • 3 April 1850: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Vizagapatam
  • 1 September 1886: Promoted as Diocese of Vizagapatam
  • 21 October 1950: Renamed as Diocese of Visakhapatnam
  • 16 October 2001: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Visakhapatnam

Claretian Missionary Fathers (CMF) entered the diocese in the year 1888. In 1845, Rome entrusted a vast area of Eastern and Central India to the MSFS, who set their headquarters in Visakhapatnam. The first group of MSFS landed on the East coast of India on 8 September 1845. The order of Friars Minor Capuchins. A novitiate was opened in India in 1922 thus planting the order in the Indian soil.

Bishops

Pro-Vicars Apostolic

  1. Fr. Jacques Henri Gailhot, (16 March 1845 – 1847)
  2. Fr. Theophile Sebastian Neyret, M.S.F.S. (1847–1850); continued as Vicar Apostolic

Vicars Apostolic

  1. Bishop Theophile Sebastian Neyret, M.S.F.S. (1850–1862)
  2. Bishop Jean Marie Tissot, M.S.F.S. (1862–1886); continued as the first bishop

Bishops of Visakhapatnam (Vizagapatam until 1950)

  1. Bishop Jean Marie Tissot, M.S.F.S. (1886–1890)
  2. Bishop Jean-Marie Clerc, M.S.F.S. (1891–1926)
  3. Bishop Pierre Rossillon, M.S.F.S. (1926–1947)
  4. Bishop Joseph-Alphonse Baud, M.S.F.S. (1947–1966)
  5. Bishop Ignatius Gopu, M.S.F.S. (1966–1981)
  6. Bishop Kagithapu Mariadas, M.S.F.S. (1982–2001); continued as Archbishop

Metropolitan Archbishops of Visakhapatnam

  1. Archbishop Kagithapu Mariadas, M.S.F.S. (2001–2012)
  2. Archbishop Prakash Mallavarapu (2012–2024)[2]
  3. Archbishop Udumala Bala Showreddy (2025-Present)[3]

Suffragan dioceses

References

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