Diocese of Kurnool


The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kurnool is a diocese located in the city of Kurnool in the ecclesiastical province of Hyderabad in India.

History

missionaries evangelized this region until 1773, when missionaries from the Paris Foreign Missions Society took over the mission.
The current Diocese of Kurnool was erected from the Diocese of Nellore on 12 June 1967.

Ordinary

Bishop

  1. Joseph Rajappa
  2. Mathew Cheriankunnel,
  3. Johannes Gorantla
  4. Cardinal Anthony Poola ; elevated Archbishop of Hyderabad
  5. Johannes Gorantla,

    Apostolic administrator

  6. Bishop Abraham Aruliah Somavarapa
  7. Monsignor Anthonappa Chowrappa