The Diocese of Eluru comprises the whole of West Godavari district and the Mandals of Amalapuram, Kothapeta, Rajole and Mummidivaram of

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Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh (, abbr. AP) is a state in the south-eastern coastal region of India. It is the seventh-largest state by area covering an area of and tenth-most populous state with 49,386,799 inhabitants. It is bordered by Telangana to the ...

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. This territory was formed from the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Vijayawada The Roman Catholic Diocese of Vijayawada ( la, 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 distr ...

and was erected into a Diocese by

Pope Paul VI Pope Paul VI ( la, Paulus VI; it, Paolo VI; born Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini, ; 26 September 18976 August 1978) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 21 June 1963 to his death in Augus ...

on 9 December 1976.

Bishops

* John Mulagada (5 May 1977 – 16 August 2009) * Jaya Rao Polimera (25 July 2013–present)

Saints and causes for canonisation

* Servant of God Fr. Silvio Pasquali, PIME

Notes

Roman Catholic dioceses in India Christian organizations established in 1976 Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century 1976 establishments in Andhra Pradesh Christianity in Andhra Pradesh East Godavari district West Godavari district {{Asia-RC-diocese-stub