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Diocese of Vijayawada Dioecesis Viiayavadanus | |
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| Location | |
| Country | India |
| Territory | Andhra Pradesh |
| Ecclesiastical province | Visakhapatnam |
| Metropolitan | Visakhapatnam |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 8,734 km2 (3,372 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2017) 4,730,650 359,530 (7.6%) |
| Parishes | 98 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Established | 10 January 1933 |
| Cathedral | St Paul’s Cathedral in Vijayawada |
| Co-cathedral | St Peter’s Co-Cathedral in Vijayawada |
| Patron Saints | Saints Peter and Paul |
| Secular priests | 276 |
| Language | Telugu, English |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Thelagathoti J. Raja Rao, S.M.M. |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Prakash Mallavarapu |
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Vijayawada (Latin: Viiayavadan(us)) is a diocese located in the city of Vijayawada in the ecclesiastical province of Visakhapatnam in India. Administratively, the diocese encompasses the geographical Krishna district of the state of Andhra Pradesh . The Diocese of Vijayawada has the largest catholic population(.35 million) among all the Suffragan dioceses of the Archdiocese of Visakhapatnam.