His Eminence
Cardinal Poola Anthony

Archbishop of Hyderabad

Cardinal Poola Anthony, Metropolitan Archbishop of Hyderabad (India), was born on 15 November 1961 in Poluru, in the diocese of Kurnool. After attending the minor seminary in Nuzvid, he studied at Saint Peter’s Pontifical Seminary in Bangalore.

He received priestly ordination on 20 February 1992 and was incardinated in the diocese of Cuddapah.