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Roman Catholic Diocese of Balasore

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Metropolitan
  
Cuttack–Bhubaneswar

Rite
  
Latin Rite

Area
  
25,118 km²

Parishes
  
39

Patron saint
  
Christ the King

Country
  
India

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Population- Total- Catholics
  
(as of 2012)8,974,20023,643 (0.3%)

Cathedral
  
Christ the King Cathedral in Balasore

Ecclesiastical province
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Balasore (Latin: Balasoren(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Balasore in the Ecclesiastical province of Cuttack–Bhubaneswar in India.

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On Monday, December 9, 2013, Pope Francis accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Balasore, presented by Bishop Thomas Thiruthalil, CM, in accordance with Canon 401.1 of the Latin rite Code of Canon Law. Pope Francis appointed as Bishop-elect of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Balasore, the Reverend Father Simon Kaipuram, C.M., who until then had been serving as Dean and Professor of Aquinas College of Gopalpur, India, in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Berhampur (based in Berhampur, India).

History

  • June 8, 1968: Established as the Apostolic Prefecture of Balasore from the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Calcutta
  • December 18, 1989: Promoted as Diocese of Balasore

    • Leadership

  • Bishops of Balasore (Latin Rite)
  • Bishop Simon Kaipuram, C.M. (December 9, 2013 – present)
  • Bishop Thomas Thiruthalil, C.M. (December 18, 1989 – December 9, 2013)
  • Father Jacob Vadakevetil, C.M. (Apostolic Administrator, June 14, 1968 – 1989)

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Balasore Wikipedia
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