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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cuttack Bhubaneswar

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Ecclesiastical province
  
Cuttack-Bhubaneswar

Pope
  
Francis

Area
  
32,440 km²

Patron saint
  
Saint Joseph

Rite
  
Latin Rite

Metropolitan Archbishop
  
John Barwa, S.V.D.

Country
  
India

Cathedral
  
Cuttack

Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2006) 11,580,000 62,985 (0.5%)

Emeritus Bishops
  
Raphael Cheenath Archbishop Emeritus (1985-2011)

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar (Latin: Cuttacken(sis)-Bhubanesvaren(sis)) is an archdiocese located in the cities of Cuttack and Bhubaneswar in India.

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History

  • July 18, 1928: Established as Mission “sui iuris” of Cuttack from the Diocese of Vizagapatam
  • June 1, 1937: Promoted as Diocese of Cuttack
  • January 24, 1974: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cuttack–Bhubaneswar

    • Leadership

  • Archbishops of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar (Latin Rite)
  • Archbishop John Barwa SVD <http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bbarw.html>
  • Archbishop Raphael Cheenath, S.V.D. (July 1, 1985 – August 14, 2016)
  • Archbishop Henry Sebastian D'Souza (January 24, 1974 – March 29, 1985)
  • Bishops of Cuttack (Latin Rite)
  • Bishop Pablo Tobar Gonzáles, C.M. (March 10, 1949 – April 18, 1971)
  • Bishop Florencio Sanz Esparza, C.M. (November 11, 1932 – March 4, 1948)
  • Ecclesiastical Superiors of Cuttack (Latin Rite)
  • Fr. Valeriano Guemes Rodriguez, C.M. (July 2, 1929 – 1932)

    • Suffragan dioceses

  • Balasore
  • Berhampur
  • Rayagada
  • Rourkela
  • Sambalpur

    • References

    Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar Wikipedia
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