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Udumala Bala Showreddy
Indian Catholic archbishop and clergyman (born 1954) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Archbishop Mons. Dr. Udumala Bala Showreddy[2] is an Indian Catholic prelate and clergyman. On 8 February 2025, he was appointed as the Metropolitan Archbishop of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Visakhapatnam, succeeding Mons. Mallavarapu Prakash.[3] He served as the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Warangal until 2025.[4]
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Early life
He was born on 18 June 1954 in Ghanpur, Andhra Pradesh, India.[5]
Education
He has acquired the Doctorate in Moral Theology from Alphonsianum, Rome.
Priesthood
He was ordained a priest on 20 February 1979. He has served in several pastoral and administrative roles in his diocese before becoming a bishop. He was deputy-secretary general of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of India (CCBI), Bangalore. From 1994 to 2006 he taught moral theology at St. John’s Regional Seminary, Hyderabad.
Episcopate
He was appointed bishop of Warangal, India, on 13 April 2013 by Pope Francis. He was ordained a bishop on 23 May 2013 by Oswald Cardinal Gracias.[6][7]
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