Diocese of Srikakulam
About
The geographical area of the diocese is 8,542 square kilometers. It was bifurcated from the erstwhile diocese of Visakhapatnam and erected a separate diocese on Aug. 4, 1993, with Bishop A. Innayya as the first bishop.
The diocese was started with 35,000 Catholics, 14 parishes, and few resources for caring to the spiritual, pastoral, social, economical and educational development of the vast population of the area. With the strenuous efforts and zeal of bishop, priests and religious the task of building up of the Church in Srikakulam diocese has been speeded up and today it has more than 87,630 Catholics, 39 parishes and 350 mission stationds, 39 diocesan priests, 150 religious sisters and 150 catechists.
Bishop of Diocese of Srikakulam