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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar
Roman Catholic archdiocese in Orissa, India From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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
- 18 July 1928: Established as Mission “sui iuris” of Cuttack from the Diocese of Vizagapatam
- 1 June 1937: Promoted as Diocese of Cuttack
- 24 January 1974: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cuttack–Bhubaneswar
Leadership
- Archbishops of Metropolitan See of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar (Latin Rite)
- Archbishop John Barwa SVD
- Archbishop Raphael Cheenath, S.V.D. (1 July 1985 – 14 August 2016)
- Archbishop Henry Sebastian D'Souza (24 January 1974 – 29 March 1985)
- Bishops of Cuttack (Latin Rite)
- Bishop Pablo Tobar Gonzáles, C.M. (10 March 1949 – 18 April 1971)
- Bishop Florencio Sanz Esparza, C.M. (11 November 1932 – 4 March 1948)
- Ecclesiastical Superiors of Cuttack (Latin Rite)
- Fr. Valeriano Guemes Rodriguez, C.M. (2 July 1929 – 1932)
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Suffragan dioceses
Saints and causes for canonisation
- Blessed Odoric of Pordenone, a Franciscan friar who visited Puri and wrote about the Rath Yatra.
- Servant of God Marian Zelazek, SVD[1]
- Bernard Digal and 6 Lay Companions[2]
Sources
References
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