Diocese of

Kurnool

India

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Area: 43,000 km²

Population: 67,123 Catholics (0.8% of 8,229,916 total) (2015)

Ecclesiastical Province: Hyderabad

Neighbouring Dioceses: Shimoga (↙), Bellary (←), Nalgonda (↗), Nellore (→), Cuddapah (↘), Bangalore (↓)

Depends on: Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples

Patron Saint: Our Lady of Lourdes

Statistics: 56 parishes, 109 priests (51 diocesan, 58 religious), 537 lay religious (118 brothers, 419 sisters), 16 seminarians (2015)

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History

1967.06.12: Established as Diocese of Kurnool / Kurnoolen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Nellore)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Our Lady of Lourdes Cathedral, Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh
Co-Cathedral: St. Teresa’s Co-Cathedral, Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh

Shimoga (↙), Bellary (←), Nalgonda (↗), Nellore (→), Cuddapah (↘), Bangalore (↓)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2008.02.08 – ...):

Bishop Anthony Poola (56)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Kurnool (Roman Rite)

Bishop Anthony Poola (56)
(2008.02.08 – ...)

Bishop of Kurnool (India)

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Born:	1961.11.15 (India)
Ordained Priest:	1992.02.20
Consecrated Bishop:	2008.04.19

Bishop of Kurnool (India) (2008.02.08 – ...)

Bishop Johannes Gorantla
(1993.12.06 – 2007.01.20)

Born:	1952.04.10 (India)
Ordained Priest:	1977.03.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1994.01.26
Died:	2007.01.20 († 54)

Bishop of Kurnool (India) (1993.12.06 – 2007.01.20)

Bishop Abraham Aruliah Somavarapa
(Apostolic Administrator 1991 – 1993.12.06)

Bishop Mathew Cheriankunnel, P.I.M.E. (88)
(1988.01.18 – 1991.07.16)

Bishop emeritus of Kurnool (India)

Born:	1930.09.23 (India)
Ordained Priest:	1962.04.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1977.05.03

Bishop of Nalgonda (India) (1976.05.31 – 1986.12.22)

Coadjutor Bishop of Kurnool (India) (1986.12.22 – 1988.01.18)

Bishop of Kurnool (India) (1988.01.18 – 1991.07.16)

Bishop Joseph Rajappa
(1967.06.12 – 1988.01.18)

Born:	1918.11.03 (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)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Mathew Cheriankunnel, P.I.M.E. (88) (1986.12.22 – 1988.01.18)

as of 2018.11.07

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