A. Catholic Population
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As of 2005, Hyderabad archdiocese had 93,288 baptized Catholics, representing 0.72 percent of the 12.86 million people in the territory. The archdiocese had 82 parishes and 96 mission stations. In 2005, it recorded 1,848 baptisms. There were 388 catechumens and 134 catechists. The population of non-Catholic Christians is about 600,000. Followers of other religions, include Hindus, Muslims, Jains and Sikhs number 12,166,922 in the archdiocese.
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B. Archdiocesan and Religious Priests
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Diocesan priests: 129 (128 Indians, 1 foreigner)
Religious priests: 149 (147 Indians, 2 foreigners)
Average age: 46
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C. Religious Brothers, Sisters
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Religious Brothers: 36
Religious Sisters: 809
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D. Seminaries, Houses of Formation
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Major seminary: St John's Regional Seminary, Ramanthapur, Hyderabad - 500 013, Andhra Pradesh.
Phone: (91) 40-27201427, (91) 40-27200370, (91) 40-27201997
Fax: (91) 40-27209505
No. of seminarians: 64
Minor seminary: St Joseph's Minor Seminary, Mornington Road, Trimulgherry, Secunderabad - 500 015, Andhra Pradesh.
Phone: (91) 40-27740574
No. of seminarians: 5
Houses of Formation: 19
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E. There are 82 parishes and 96 mission stations in the archddiocese.
Archdiocesan Activities and Organizations
A. Major Archdiocesan Commissions and Organizations
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Bible Commission
Director: Father Thumma Solomon Reddy, Phone: (91) 40-23393651
Catechetics
Director: Father Pentareddy Gnana Reddy, Phone: (91) 40-5551399
Catholic Charismatic Movement
Director: Father Tatireddy Jayaraj, Phone: (91) 40-27751200
Catholic Nurses Guild
Director: Father Angelo Fernandes, Phone: (91) 40-23393651
Catholic Teachers' Guild
Director: Father William Christopher, SJ, Phone: (91) 40-27700998
Christian Workers Movement
Director: Father Madanau Pratap, Phone: (91) 40-27805104
Commission for Laity
Director: Father Raymond Ambroise, Phone: (91) 40-27717700
Commission for Evangelisation
Director: Father James Christuraj, SVD, Phone: (91) 8455-226140
Commission for Youth
Director: Father Vincent Arokiadas, Phone: (91) 40-23214992
Deans and Deaneries
Secretary: Father Mallavarappu Sundar Rao, Phone: (91) 40-27793600
Dialogue & Ecumenism
Director: Father Swarna Bernard, Phone: (91) 40-27706767
Diocesan Jyothirmai
Director: Father Yeruva Joji Reddy, Phone: (91) 40-27206202
Family Apostolate
Secretary: Father Marneni Arogyam, Phone: (91) 40-27806496
Hyderabad Archdiocese Educational Society
Secretary: Father V.K. Swamy, Phone: (91) 40-23234860, (91) 40-23231769
Hyderabad Archdiocese Social Service Society
Director: Father Madanu Pratap, Phone: (91) 40-27805414
Legion of Mary
Director: Father Marneni Arogyam, Phone: (91) 40-27806496
Liturgy and Sacred Music
Director: Father Yeruva Blashowreddy, Phone: (91) 8416-252754
Marriage Encounter
Director: Father David Francis, Phone: (91) 40-27866719
Pontifical Mission Societies
Director: Father Yeruva Joji Reddy, Phone: (91) 40-227206202
Prison Ministry of India
Director: Father Marneni Marriah, Phone: (91) 40-27533639
SC/ST/BC Commission
Director: Father Swarna Bernard, Phone: (91) 40-27706767
Senate of Priests
Secretary: Father Golamari Louis Reddy, Phone: (91) 40-27862014, 27867275
Union of Apostleship of Prayer
Director: Msgr Thanugundla Solomon Reddy, Phone: (91) 40-27802004
Vincent de Paul Society
Director: Father Chopparapu Arogyam, Phone: (91) 40-23234165
Vocations Commission
Directors: Father Thirumalareddy Showreddy and Father Kommareddy Loudu Mareddy, Phone: (91) 40-27740574
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B. Catholic Educational Institutions
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Schools |
Students |
| Elementary/Primary schools |
12 |
3,319 |
| High schools |
69 |
43,998 |
| Junior colleges |
12 |
8,883 |
| Technical institutes/schools |
9 |
865 |
| Degree and postgraduate colleges |
17 |
7,764 |
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C. Catholic Social Welfare
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Hospitals: 6
Clinics: 3
Health centers: 4
Dispensaries: 8
Nursing schools/colleges: 4
Orphanages: 3
Boarding homes: 15
Hostels: 14
Charitable institutions: 15
Social institutions: 11
Ecclesiastical institutions: 7
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D. Social Communications
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"The Shepherd's Call", a diocesan monthly
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E. Other Church Organizations and Associations
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Major Organizations outside the archdiocesan structure:
Catholic Health Association of India (a national organization dealing with matters relating to health)
P B No 2126, Staff Road, Gunrock Enclave, Secunderabad - 500 009, Andhra Pradesh
Director: Father Sebastian Ouseparampil
Phone: (91) 40-27848457, (91) 40-27841610, (91) 40-27848293
Fax: (91) 40-27811982
Email: chai@pol.net.in
Amruthavani Communications Centre (a regional organization for communications for all the dioceses in Andhra Pradesh. It has an audio-visual and TV studio and produces cassettes of devotional songs, documentaries of Christian values and publishes Christian literature. It also publishes a fortnightly magazine in the local language Telugu)
Director: Father N. David
50, Sebastian Road, Secunderabad - 500 025
Phone: 040-27701156, 27705994, 27703968
Email: amruthavani@hotmail.com
Website: www.amruthavani.com
A. P. Jyotirmai Society (a regional pastoral society)
Director: Father Gudime Jesudas
22/3, Chandulal Bowli, Sikh village, Secunderabad-500 009
Phone: 040-27890956
Andhra Pradesh Social Service Society (a regional social service society)
Vice-Chairman: Father Raymond Ambroise
50, Sebastian Road, Secunderabad - 500 025
Phone: 040-27717700
Association of Catholic Educational Institutions of Andhra Pradesh (ACEI-AP)
General Secretary: Sister Joanita, SCCG
2nd Floor, Amruthavani, 50, Sebastian Road, Secunderabad - 500 003
APBC Commission for Ecumenism & Dialogue
Secretary: Rev. Father Dr. Thumma Anthony Raj
Vaninilayam, Amruthavani, 50, Sebastian Road, Secunderabad - 500 003
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Religious Congregations, Societies and Institutes
A. Religious Institutes of Men
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Apostolic Life Community of Priests in the Opus Spiritus Sancti (ALCP-OSS)
Carmelites of Mary Immaculate ~ CMI
Claretian Missionaries ~ CMF
Congregation of Missionaries of the Immaculate of the Blessed Virgin Mary
First Order of the Discalced Carmelites ~ OCD
Heralds of Good News ~ HGN
Imitation of Christ (Order of Bethany Fathers) ~ OIC
Indian Missionary Society ~ IMS
Mill Hill Missionaries ~ MHM
Missionaries of Faith ~ MF
Missionaries of St Francis De Sales ~ MSFS
Missionary Society of St Thomas the Apostle ~ MST
Montfort Brothers of St Gabriel ~ SG
Order of Friars Minor ~ OFM
Order of Friars Minor Capuchins ~ OFM Cap
Pallotines Society of the Catholic Apostolate ~ SAC
Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions ~ PIME
Salesians of Don Bosco ~ SDB
Society of Jesus ~ SJ
Society of the Divine Word ~ SVD
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B. Religious Institutes of Women
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Ancillae Sisters (Secular sisters)
Apostolic Life Community of Sisters in the Opus Spiritus Sancti (ALCS-OSS)
Bethany Sisters of the Imitation of Christ ~ SIC
Carmelite Missionary Sisters ~ CM
Catechist Sisters of St Ann ~ CSA
Congregation of Preshitharam Sisters ~ CPS
Congregation of the Mother of Carmel ~ CME
Congregation of the Sisters of St Ann-Phirangipuram (Guntur) ~ CSSA
Daughters of Our Lady of Mercy ~ DM
Daughters of Presentation of Mary in the Temple ~ DMP
Daughters of St Paul ~ FSP
Daughters of the Sacred Heart ~ DSH
Daughters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Bethlamite Sisters ) ~ BETHL
Deena Sevana Sabha (Servants of the Poor) ~ DSS
Franciscan Clarist Congregation ~ FCC
Franciscan Missionaries of Mary ~ FMM
Franciscan Sisters of St Aloysius Gonzaga- Pondicherry ~ FSAG
Handmaids of the Blessed Sacrament and of Charity (Sisters Adorers) ~ AASC
Little Sisters of Christ (of Charles de Foucauld) ~ LSC
Little Sisters of the Poor ~ PSDP
Missionaries of Charity ~ MC
Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate (Nirmala Sisters) ~ MSI
Missionary Sisters Servants of the Holy Spirit ~ SSPS
Poor Clares Colletines ~ PCC
Sacred Heart Congregation of the Syro-Malabar Church ~ SHC
Salesian Sisters of St John Bosco (Institute of Daughters of Mary Help of Christians ) ~ FMA
Sister of Charity of Saints Bartholomea Capitanio and Vincenza Geroza ~ SCCG
Sisters of Charity of St Vincent De Paul ~ SCV
Sisters of Mary Mediatrix ~ MMM
Sisters of Our Lady of Fatima ~ FS
Sisters of St Aloysius (Oblate Suore Luigine) ~ OSL
Sisters of St Ann (Madras) ~ SSA
Sisters of St Ann of providence ~ SAP
Sisters of St Joseph of Annecy ~ SJA
Sisters of the Cross of Chavanod ~ SC
Sisters of the Destitute ~ SD
Society of Jesus, Mary and Joseph ~ JMJ
Society of Nirmala Dasikal ~ SND
Society of St Ann (Luzern) ~ SAS
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| General Characteristics of the Archdiocese
In a land area of 30,814 square kilometers, the archdiocesan territory covers the urban district of Hyderabad, which is also the capital of Andhra Pradesh, the semi-urban district of Ranga Reddy and the districts of Medak and Nizamabad.
The Hyderabad mission, which had its beginnings in 1646 with the arrival of Portuguese and with them the Theatines and Augustinians, became an independent vicariate in 1845. Msgr Daniel Murphy, an Irish priest was the first Vicar Apostolic. The vicariate then had a total population of 12 million and the Catholics were around 4,000. The Pontifical Institute of Foreign Missions (PIME) missioners were among the first to work in the vicariate.
When Pope Leo XIII made a proclamation on August 1, 1886 converting all the vicariates in India into dioceses and making all vicars apostolic residential bishops, Hyderabad became a diocese and the third Vicar Apostolic, Msgr Peter Caprotti, PIME, became the first bishop of Hyderabad. Hyderabad was raised to the status of an archdiocese on September 19, 1953, and the fifth bishop of Hyderabad Bishop Joseph Mark Gopu was appointed the first archbishop.
Over the years many new dioceses were created from the original territory of Hyderabad. In 1928, the districts of Raichur and Gulbarga in Karnataka State were detached to form the diocese of Bellary. Krishna and West Godavari districts in Andhra Pradesh State were detached in 1933 for the erection of the diocese of Vijayawada. The diocese of Warangal was established in 1952 with the districts of Warangal, Khammam, Nalgonda and Karimnagar. In 1976, the new diocese of Nalgonda was formed with Mahabubnagar from the Archdiocese of Hyderabad and Nalgonda district from Warangal diocese. Marathi-speaking areas of the archdiocese were detached in 1978 to form the diocese of Aurangabad. Khammam was made a new diocese in February 1988. On June 18, 1982 the district of Bidar in Karnataka State was entrusted to the pastoral care of Mangalore diocese to form in 2005 the new diocese of Gulbarga.
The population in the archdiocese is 12.86 million. Languages used in the territory include Telugu, English, Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam and Urdu.
According to government state record in 2004-2005, the per capita income in the area is 22,520 rupees (about US$500). Hyderabad is a major drug manufacturing city of the country, known as the pharmaceutical capital of India. It is also known for its food industry, especially poultry, meat and dairy. Recently, the city has made a mark in information technology with several major companies like Microsoft, Wipro, Infosys, Satyam and Oracle India among others opening their units in the city. The districts of Ranga Reddy, Medak and Nizamabad produce mainly rice, jowar and maize.
The literacy rate in the archdiocesan territory is 62.75 percent.
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