John Mulagada (12 December 1937 – 16 August 2009) was the

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bishop of the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Eluru The Diocese of Eluru comprises the whole of West Godavari district and the Mandals of Amalapuram, Kothapeta, Rajole and Mummidivaram of East Godavari in Andhra Pradesh, India. This territory was formed from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Vijaya ...

. Ordained to the priesthood on 4 January 1965,

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appointed Mulagada the first bishop of the newly created Eluru Diocese and he was ordained Bishop on 5 May 1977. Bishop Mulagada was the first

Dalit Dalit (from sa, दलित, dalita meaning "broken/scattered"), also previously known as untouchable, is the lowest stratum of the Caste system in India, castes in India. Dalits were excluded from the four-fold Varna (Hinduism), varna syste ...

to become bishop in India.http://new.asianews.it/index.php?I=en&art=16103

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