“Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Visakhapatnam”的意思、由来-开放百科全书

词条

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Visakhapatnam

释义

History
Leadership
Suffragan dioceses
Sources
References

{{Use Indian English|date=November 2013}}{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2013}}{{Infobox diocese
|jurisdiction = Archdiocese
|name = Visakhapatnam
|latin = Archidioecesis Visakhapatnamensis
|local = విశాఖపట్నం ఆర్చ్డియోసెస్
|country = India
|province = Visakhapatnam
|rite = Latin Rite
|cathedral = St Peter’s Cathedral in Visakhapatnam
|cocathedral = St Anne’s Co-Cathedral in Visakhapatnam
|area_km2 = 25,950
|population = 12,640,684
|population_as_of = 2010
|catholics = 247,231
|catholics_percent= 2
|pope = {{Incumbent pope}}
|metro_archbishop = Prakash Mallavarapu
|emeritus_bishops =
|coadjutor =
|auxiliary_bishops=
}}

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Visakhapatnam/Vizag/Vishakhapatnam ({{lang-la|Visakhapatnamen(sis)}}) is an Archdiocese located in the city of Visakhapatnam in India.

History

16 March 1845: Established as the Apostolic Pro-Vicariate of Vizagapatam from the Apostolic Vicariate of Madras^[1]
3 April 1850: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Vizagapatam
1 September 1886: Promoted as Diocese of Vizagapatam
21 October 1950: Renamed as Diocese of Visakhapatnam
16 October 2001: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Visakhapatnam

Claretian Missionary Fathers(CMF) entered the diocese in the year 1888.

In 1845 Rome entrusted to the MSFS a vast area of Eastern and Central India with the headquarters at Visakhapatnam. The first group of MSFS landed on the East coast of India on 8 September 1845.

The order of Friars Minor Capuchins. A Novitiate was opened in India in 1922 thus planting the order in the Indian soil.(Chinna Waltair)

Society of Jesus(K.D. Peta)

Congregation Of The Missions(C.M)Vincentians (Ukkunagaram)

Leadership

Archbishops of Visakhapatnam (Latin Rite)
- Archbishop Prakash Mallavarapu; Archbishop; formerly Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Vijayawada, India
- Archbishop Kagithapu Mariadas, M.S.F.S. (16 October 2001 – 3 July 2012); retired
Bishops of Visakhapatnam (Latin Rite)
- Bishop Kagithapu Mariadas, M.S.F.S. (later Archbishop) (10 September 1982 – 16 October 2001)
- Bishop Ignatius Gopu, M.S.F.S. (4 October 1966 – 2 August 1981)
- Bishop Joseph-Alphonse Baud, M.S.F.S. (21 October 1950 – 4 October 1966)
Bishops of Vizagapatam (Latin Rite)
- Bishop Joseph-Alphonse Baud, M.S.F.S. (23 March 1947 – 21 October 1950)
- Bishop Pierre Rossillon, M.S.F.S. (18 June 1926 – 22 March 1947)
- Bishop Jean-Marie Clerc, M.S.F.S. (19 February 1891 – 18 June 1926)
- Bishop Jean Marie Tissot, M.S.F.S. (1 September 1886 - 1890)
Vicars Apostolic
- Bishop Jean Marie Tissot, M.S.F.S. (1862 - 1 September 1886)
- Bishop Theophile Sebastian Neyret, M.S.F.S. (3 April 1850 - 5 Nov 1862)
Pro-Vicars Apostolic
- Fr. Theophile Sebastian Neyret, M.S.F.S. (1847 - 3 April 1850)
- Fr. Jacques Henri Gailhot, (16 March 1845 - 1847)

Suffragan dioceses

Eluru
Guntur
Nellore
Srikakulam
Vijayawada

Sources

GCatholic.org
Catholic Hierarchy
Official Website of the Archdiocese of Visakhapatnam

References

1. ^http://www.archdioceseofvisakhapatnam.org/history.html

5 : Roman Catholic dioceses in India|Religious organizations established in 1850|Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 19th century|Christianity in Andhra Pradesh|1850 establishments in India

随便看

开放百科全书收录14589846条英语、德语、日语等多语种百科知识，基本涵盖了大多数领域的百科知识，是一部内容自由、开放的电子版国际百科全书。