Diocese of Rourkela
| Diocese of Rourkela | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | India |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar |
| Diocesan bishop | Kishore Kumar Kujur |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Alphonse Education SVD |
| founding | 1979 |
| surface | 9,675 km² |
| Parishes | 40 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
| Residents | 1,647,225 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
| Catholics | 220,095 (December 31, 2004 / AP2005 ) |
| proportion of | 13.4% |
| Diocesan priest | 48 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
| Religious priest | 70 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 1,865 |
| Friars | 171 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
| Religious sisters | 354 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| cathedral | Sacred Heart Cathedral |
The Diocese of Rourkela ( lat. : Dioecesis Rurkelaensis ) is in India situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Rourkela .
history
Pope John Paul II founded it with the Apostolic Constitution Cum cordi potissimum on July 4, 1979 from cession of territory by the Diocese of Sambalpur and it was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Cuttack - Bhubaneswar as a suffragan diocese.
territory
The diocese of Raiganj includes the districts of Sundargarh, Sambalpur, Bolangir and Dhenkanal in the state of Odisha .
Bishops of Rourkela
- Alphonse Bilung SVD , July 4, 1979–2. April 2009
- John Barwa SVD, April 2, 2009-11. February 2011, then Archbishop of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar
- Kishore Kumar Kujur , since July 26, 2013