Anthony Poola

His Eminence Anthony Poola D. D.
Cardinal, Metropolitan Archbishop of Hyderabad
Church	Roman Catholic Church
Archdiocese	Archdiocese of Hyderabad
See	Hyderabad
Appointed	19 November 2020
Installed	3 January 2021
Predecessor	Thumma Bala
Previous post(s)	Bishop of Kurnool (2008–2020)
Orders
Ordination	20 February 1992
Consecration	19 April 2008 by Marampudi Joji
Created cardinal	27 August 2022 by Pope Francis
Rank	Cardinal Priest
Personal details
Born	Anthony Poola (1961-11-15) 15 November 1961 (age 63) Poluru, Prakasam, Andhra Pradesh
Denomination	Christianity
Residence	India
Parents	Smt. Arogyamma (Mother) Sri P. C. Anthony (Father)
Education	B. Ph. (Urban) B. Th. (Urban) B. Com. (Sri Krishnadevaraya) Certificate in Clinical pastoral education (Methodist) Certificate in religion and theological engagement (Loyola)
Alma mater	Zilla Parishad School in Chindhukur and Gadivemula (1967-1972; 1972-1975) St. Mary's High School, Kurnool (1977-1979) Minor Seminary, Kurnool (1979-1980) STBC-Coles Memorial Junior College, Kurnool (1980-1982) STBC College, Kurnool (1982-1985) St. Paul's Seminary, Nuziveedu (1985-1986) St. Peter's Pontifical Seminary, Bangalore (1986-1992) Bronson Methodist Hospital, Kalamazoo (United States) (2001-2002) Loyola University, Chicago (United States) (2002-2003)
Motto	Good news to the poor
Coat of arms

Styles of Anthony Poola
Reference style	His Eminence
Spoken style	Your Eminence
Informal style	Cardinal
See	Hyderabad

Anthony Poola (born 15 November 1961) is an Indian prelate of the Catholic Church who has been Metropolitan Archbishop of Hyderabad since 2021. He was Bishop of Kurnool from 2008 to 2020. Before becoming a bishop, he worked as a priest of the Diocese of Cuddapah.

On 27 August 2022, Pope Francis elevated Poola to Cardinal at a consistory held in Vatican. He is the first of the Dalit caste and the first of Telugu ethnicity to be named a cardinal.^[1]