Diocese of Khammam, India

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Khammam / Khammamen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Hyderabad

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Joseph

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1988.01.18: Established as Diocese of Khammam / Khammamen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Warangal and became suffragan of Hyderabad)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2024.02.17 – ...):

Bishop Prakash Sagili (67)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Khammam (Roman Rite)

Bishop Prakash Sagili (67)
(2024.02.17 – ...)

Bishop of Khammam (India)

Born:	1957.01.02 (India)
Ordained Priest:	1984.04.25
Consecrated Bishop:	2024.04.09

Priest of Cuddapah (India) (1984.04.25 – 2024.02.17)

Bishop of Khammam (India) (2024.02.17 – ...)

Bishop Udumala Bala Showreddy (69)
(Apostolic Administrator 2022.08.27 – 2024.02.17)

Bishop Paul Maipan (80)
(1997.04.21 – 2022.08.27)

Bishop emeritus of Khammam (India)

You are my witnesses

Born:	1944.02.14 (Manikamangalam, India)
Ordained Priest:	1971.01.09
Consecrated Bishop:	1997.08.22

Bishop of Khammam (India) (1997.04.21 – 2022.08.27)

Bishop Marampudi Joji (later Archbishop)
(1991.12.21 – 1996.11.08)

Born:	1942.10.07 (Bhimavaram, India)
Ordained Priest:	1971.12.14
Consecrated Bishop:	1992.03.19
Died:	2010.08.27 († 67)

Bishop of Khammam (India) (1991.12.21 – 1996.11.08)

Bishop of Vijayawada (India) (1996.11.08 – 2000.01.29)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Hyderabad (India) (2000.01.29 – 2010.08.27)

Bishop Joseph Rajappa
(1988.01.18 – 1989.12.27)

Born:	1918.11.03 (Anekal, India)
Ordained Priest:	1945.12.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1967.09.07
Died:	1989.12.27 († 71)

Bishop of Kurnool (India) (1967.06.12 – 1988.01.18)

Bishop of Khammam (India) (1988.01.18 – 1989.12.27)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of Divine Mercy, Khammam, Telangāna
Co-Cathedral: Co-Cathedral of St. Joseph, Khammam, Telangāna

Nalgonda (←), Warangal (↖), Jagdalpur (↗), Visakhapatnam (→), Eluru (→), Vijayapuram (↘)

Statistics (2018.12.31)

Area: 16,800 km²

Population: 172,400 Catholics (5.9% of 2,928,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 72 parishes, 1 mission

Personnel: 103 priests (71 diocesan, 32 religious), 524 religious (169 brothers, 355 sisters), 8 seminarians