Udumala Bala Showreddy

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Udumala Bala Showreddy is an Indian Catholic archbishop. He was born on 18 June 1954 in Ghanpur, Andhra Pradesh. He was ordained a priest on 20 February 1979 and earned a Doctorate in Moral Theology from Alphonsian Academy in Rome. He taught moral theology at St. John’s Regional Seminary in Hyderabad from 1994 to 2006 and served as deputy-secretary general of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of India in Bangalore.

Showreddy was appointed bishop of Warangal by Pope Francis on 13 April 2013 and was consecrated on 23 May 2013 by Oswald Cardinal Gracias. He led the Diocese of Warangal from 2013 until 2025. On 8 February 2025, he was appointed the Metropolitan Archbishop of Visakhapatnam, succeeding Mallavarapu Prakash, and he currently serves as the archbishop. His motto is Amor Omnia Vincit.