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<p>removed <a href="/w/index.php?title=Category:1967_establishments_in_India&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Category:1967 establishments in India (page does not exist)">Category:1967 establishments in India</a>; added <a href="/w/index.php?title=Category:1967_establishments_in_Andhra_Pradesh&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Category:1967 establishments in Andhra Pradesh (page does not exist)">Category:1967 establishments in Andhra Pradesh</a> using <a href="https://en.bharatpedia.org/wiki/BP:HC" class="extiw" title="wp:HC">HotCat</a></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{more citations needed|date=June 2019}}<br /> {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2019}}<br /> {{Use Indian English|date=June 2019}}<br /> {{Infobox diocese<br /> |jurisdiction = Diocese <br /> |name = Kurnool <br /> |latin = Dioecesis Kurnoolensis<br /> |country = {{flag|India}}<br /> |local = कुरनूल के सूबा<br /> |metropolitan = [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hyderabad|Hyderabad]] <br /> |province = [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hyderabad|Hyderabad]] <br /> |rite = [[Latin Rite]]<br /> |cathedral = Our Lady of Lourdes Cathedral <br /> |cocathedral = St. Teresa’s Co-Cathedral <br /> |area_km2 = 43,000 <br /> |population = <br /> |population_as_of = 2010 <br /> |catholics = 82,484 <br /> |catholics_percent= <br /> |parishes = 52<br /> |pope = {{Incumbent pope}}<br /> |bishop = [[Anthony Poola]] <br /> |metro_archbishop = Rev.Poola Anthony<br /> |coadjutor = <br /> |auxiliary_bishops= <br /> |emeritus_bishops = [[Mathew Cheriankunnel]] &lt;small&gt;Bishop Emeritus (1988-1991)&lt;/small&gt;<br /> |website = [http://kurnooldiocese.org/ Website of the Diocese] <br /> }}<br /> <br /> The &#039;&#039;&#039;Roman Catholic Diocese of Kurnool&#039;&#039;&#039; ({{lang-la| Kurnoolen(sis)}}) is a [[diocese]] located in the city of [[Kurnool]] in the [[Ecclesiastical province]] of [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hyderabad|Hyderabad]] in India.<br /> <br /> ==History==<br /> * 12 June 1967: Established as Diocese of Kurnool from the [[Diocese of Nellore]]<br /> <br /> ==Leadership==<br /> * [[Bishop]]s of Kurnool ([[Latin Rite]])<br /> ** Bishop Anthony Poola (8 February 2008 – present)<br /> ** Bishop [[Johannes Gorantla]] (6 December 1993 – 20 January 2007)<br /> ** Bishop [[Abraham Aruliah Somavarapa]] (Apostolic Administrator 1991 – 6 December 1993)<br /> ** Bishop [[Mathew Cheriankunnel]], [[P.I.M.E.]] (18 January 1988 – 16 July 1991)<br /> ** Bishop [[Joseph Rajappa]] (12 June 1967 – 18 January 1988)<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> &lt;!--- See [[Wikipedia:Footnotes]] on how to create references using &lt;ref&gt;&lt;/ref&gt; tags which will then appear here automatically --&gt;<br /> {{Reflist|30em}}<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> * [http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/kurn0.htm GCatholic.org] [[Wikipedia:SPS|{{sup|[&#039;&#039;self-published&#039;&#039;]}}]]<br /> * [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dkurn.html Catholic Hierarchy] [[Wikipedia:SPS|{{sup|[&#039;&#039;self-published&#039;&#039;]}}]]<br /> <br /> {{coord|15.8083|N|78.0417|E|source:wikidata|display=title}}<br /> <br /> <br /> {{authority control}}<br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Kurnool}}<br /> [[Category:Roman Catholic dioceses in India]]<br /> [[Category:Christian organizations established in 1967]]<br /> [[Category:Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century]]<br /> [[Category:Christianity in Andhra Pradesh]]<br /> [[Category:1967 establishments in Andhra Pradesh]]<br /> [[Category:Kurnool]]<br /> <br /> <br /> {{India-RC-diocese-stub}}</div>

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