Diocese of Nalgonda, India

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Nalgonda / Nalgondaën(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Hyderabad

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Mary Queen of Apostles

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1976.05.31: Established as Diocese of Nalgonda / Nalgondaën(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Hyderabad and Diocese of Warangal and became suffragan of Hyderabad)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2024.02.17 – ...):

Bishop Karnam Dhaman Kumar, M.S.F.S. (60)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Nalgonda (Roman Rite)

Bishop Karnam Dhaman Kumar, M.S.F.S. (60)
(2024.02.17 – ...)

Bishop of Nalgonda (India)

Born:	1963.11.16 (Vijayanagaram, India)
Ordained Priest:	1990.10.17
Consecrated Bishop:	2024.04.30

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

Cardinal Anthony Poola (62)
(Apostolic Administrator 2022.10.29 – 2024.02.17)

Bishop Joji Govindu (80)
(1997.04.21 – 2021.07.31)

Bishop emeritus of Nalgonda (India)

Preach the Gospel

Born:	1944.05.03 (Dharmaram, India)
Ordained Priest:	1969.12.26
Consecrated Bishop:	1997.06.24

Bishop of Nalgonda (India) (1997.04.21 – 2021.07.31)

Apostolic Administrator of Vijayawada (India) (2012.08.09 – 2015.12.19)

Bishop Innayya Chinna Addagatla
(1989.04.17 – 1993.07.01)

Ad majorem Dei gloriam

Born:	1937.05.02 (Ravipadu, India)
Ordained Priest:	1965.01.04
Consecrated Bishop:	1989.06.29
Died:	2022.04.01 (Srikakulam, India † 84)

Bishop of Nalgonda (India) (1989.04.17 – 1993.07.01)

Bishop of Srikakulam (India) (1993.07.01 – 2018.12.12)

Bishop Mathew Cheriankunnel, P.I.M.E.
(1976.05.31 – 1986.12.22)

God is good

Born:	1930.09.23 (Kadayanicad, India)
Ordained Priest:	1962.04.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1977.05.03
Died:	2022.03.30 (Eluru, India † 91)

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)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Mary Queen of the Apostles Cathedral, Nalgonda, Telangāna

Kurnool (↙), Bellary (↙), Hyderabad (←), Gulbarga (←), Warangal (↑), Khammam (→), Guntur (↘), Nellore (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 32,661 km²

Population: 76,979 Catholics (1.1% of 7,087,170 total)

Pastoral Centres: 70 parishes, 71 missions

Personnel: 129 priests (83 diocesan, 46 religious), 509 religious (78 brothers, 431 sisters), 5 seminarians