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Diocese of Warangal

Dioecesis Varangalensis



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Bishop(s)

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 22 December 1952
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Hyderabad
  • Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelization
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: India
  • Square Kilometers: 27,702 (10,699 Square Miles)
  • Official Web Site: https://www.warangaldiocese.com/
  • Mailing Address: Bishop's House, Fatimanagar, Kazipet, Warangal-506004, Telangana State, A.P., India
  • Telephone: (0870)2459.128

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
22 December 1952ErectedDiocese of Hyderabad (Karimnagar, Warangal, and Nalgonda) Diocese of Warangal (erected)
19 September 1953Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Warangal (from Madras and Mylapore (Meliapor))
25 April 1966Territory AddedDiocese of Visakhapatnam (Bhadrachellam Taluk) Diocese of Warangal
3 January 1967Territory AddedDiocese of Visakhapatnam (Nugur Taluk) Diocese of Warangal
31 May 1976Territory LostArchdiocese of Hyderabad (Mahbubnagar)
Diocese of Warangal (Nalgonda)
Diocese of Nalgonda (erected)
18 January 1988Territory LostDiocese of Warangal (Khammam) Diocese of Khammam (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
197059,9315,000,0001.2%145461,3026958829ap1971
198076,9065,204,7531.5%2825531,4513926237ap1981
199039,0674,786,557.8%3116478312119730ap1991
199954,8526,091,639.9%5529846535734843ap2000
200055,5646,317,654.9%5729866465736043ap2001
200156,6256,576,725.9%5925846748836944ap2002
200256,9056,667,340.9%62309261810338044ap2003
200359,8607,078,532.8%6433976179947647ap2004
200462,4987,193,742.9%65361016189449949ap2005
201066,3857,724,845.9%765212851815652655ap2011
201469,6809,294,623.7%825914149428055163ap2015
201771,3469,443,810.8%826614848227158965ap2018
202072,9069,324,832.8%736313653626360068ap2021
202274,8939,340,125.8%737014352318165068ap2023

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 45, Page 481, to Page 483
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 46, Page 83, to Page 87
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 58, Page 399, and Page 400
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 59, Page 84, and Page 85

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