Diocese of Eluru, India

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Eluru / Eluruen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Visakhapatnam

Patron Saint: Most Sacred Heart of Jesus

1976.12.09: Established as Diocese of Eluru / Eluruen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Vijayawada and became suffragan of Hyderabad)
2001.10.16: Became suffragan of Visakhapatnam

Bishop (2013.06.13 – ...):

Bishop Jaya Rao Polimera (58)

Apostolic Administrator of Visakhapatnam (India)

Bishops of Eluru (Roman Rite)

Bishop Jaya Rao Polimera (58)
(2013.06.13 – ...)

Bishop of Eluru (India)
Apostolic Administrator of Visakhapatnam (India)

Priest of Warangal (India) (1992.04.02 – 2013.06.13)

Bishop of Eluru (India) (2013.06.13 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of Visakhapatnam (India) (2024.02.17 – ...)

Archbishop Prakash Mallavarapu (75)
(Apostolic Administrator 2009.08.25 – 2013.06.13)

Bishop John Mulagada
(1976.12.09 – 2009.08.16)

Bishop of Eluru (India) (1976.12.09 – 2009.08.16)

Area: 6,800 km²

Population: 380,332 Catholics (6.7% of 5,639,734 total)

Pastoral Centres: 124 parishes, 1 mission

Personnel: 295 priests (134 diocesan, 161 religious), 1,431 religious (751 brothers, 680 sisters), 56 seminarians