Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hyderabad

The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Hyderabad (Latin: Hyderabaden(sis)) is an archdiocese located in the city of Hyderabad in India.

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Hyderabad Archidioecesis Metropolitae Hyderabadensis
St Joseph's Cathedral, Hyderabad
Location
Country	India
Ecclesiastical province	Hyderabad
Statistics
Area	25,319 km2 (9,776 sq mi)
Population Total Catholics	(as of 2013) 13,195,000 114,800 (0.9%)
Parishes	94
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	1851; 174 years ago (1851)
Cathedral	St. Joseph’s Cathedral
Secular priests	297
Current leadership
Pope	Leo XIV
Metropolitan Archbishop	Anthony Poola

History

• 1851: Established as the Apostolic Vicariate of Hyderabad from the Apostolic Vicariate of Madras
• 1 September 1886: Promoted as the Diocese of Hyderabad
• 19 September 1953: Promoted as the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Hyderabad

Ordinaries

Archbishops of Hyderabad

Sl.No	Name	Designation	Year of appointment	Last year of service
1	Joseph Mark Gopu	Archbishop	1953	1971
2	Samineni Arulappa	Archbishop	1971	2000
3	Marampudi Joji	Archbishop	2000	2010
4	Thumma Bala	Archbishop	2011	2020
5	Anthony Poola	Archbishop	2020	present

Bishops of Hyderabad

Sl.No	Name	Designation	Year of appointment	Last year of service
1	Pietro Caprotti, P.I.M.E.	Bishop	1886	1897
2	Pierre-André Viganò, P.I.M.E.	Bishop	1897	1909
3	Dionigi Vismara	Bishop	1909	1948
4	Alphonsus Beretta, P.I.M.E.	Bishop	1950	1953
5	Joseph Mark Gopu	Bishop	1953	1953

Vicars Apostolic of Hyderabad

Sl.No	Name	Designation	Year of appointment	Last year of service
1	Daniel Murphy	Vicar Apostolic	1851	1865
2	Jean-Dominique Barbero, P.I.M.E.	Vicar Apostolic	1870	1881
3	Pietro Caprotti, P.I.M.E.	Vicar Apostolic	1882	1886

Suffragan dioceses

• Adilabad
• Cuddapah
• Khammam
• Kurnool
• Nalgonda
• Warangal