Archdiocese of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar
| Archdiocese of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | India |
| Diocesan bishop | John Barwa SVD |
| founding | 1928 |
| surface | 32,440 km² |
| Parishes | 34 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Residents | 11,580,000 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics | 62,985 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| proportion of | 0.5% |
| Diocesan priest | 70 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious priest | 45 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 548 |
| Friars | 91 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious sisters | 181 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| cathedral | Cathedral of the Most Holy Rosary |
| Website | official website |
The Archdiocese of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar ( Latin Archidioecesis Cuttackensis-Bhubanesvarensis ) is an archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church in India with its seat in Cuttack .
history
The Archdiocese of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar was founded on July 18, 1928 by Pope Pius XI. established with the Apostolic Constitution Apostolatus officium from cession of territory by the diocese of Vizagapatam as a mission sui juris Cuttack . On June 1, 1937, the mission sui juris Cuttack by Pius XI. raised to a diocese with the Apostolic Constitution Si catholicum nomen and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Ranchi as a suffragan . The diocese of Cuttack gave on January 24, 1974 parts of its territory to establish the diocese of Berhampur .
On January 24, 1974, the diocese Cuttack was by Pope Paul VI. with the Apostolic Constitution Quamvis munus raised to the archbishopric and renamed the Archdiocese of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar .
territory
The Archdiocese of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar comprises the districts of Kandhamal , Cuttack and Puri in the state of Odisha .
Ecclesiastical province
- Archdiocese of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar
- Bishopric of Balasore
- Bishopric of Berhampur
- Rayagada Diocese
- Diocese of Rourkela
- Sambalpur bishopric
Ordinaries
Superiore from Cuttack
- Valeriano Guemes Rodriguez CM , 1929-1932
- Florencio Sanz Esparza CM, 1932-1937
Bishops of Cuttack
- Florencio Sanz Esparza CM, 1937-1948
- Pablo Tobar Gonzáles CM, 1949-1971
Archbishops of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar
- Henry Sebastian D'Souza , 1974–1985, then Coadjutor Archbishop of Calcutta
- Raphael Cheenath SVD , 1985-2011
- John Barwa SVD, since 2011
See also
Web links
- Official website of the Archdiocese of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar
- Entry on Archdiocese of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar on catholic-hierarchy.org
Individual evidence
- ^ Pius XI: Const. Apost. Apostolatus officium , AAS 21 (1929), n.4, p. 148f.
- ^ Pius XI: Const. Apost. Si catholicum nomen , AAS 29 (1937), n.14, p. 467ff.
- ↑ Paul VI: Const. Apost. Quamvis munus , AAS 66 (1974), n.7, p. 369f.