Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar

Archdiocese of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar Archidioecesis Cuttackensis-Bhubanesvarensis कटक भुवनेश्वर के सूबा
Location
Country	India
Ecclesiastical province	Cuttack-Bhubaneswar
Statistics
Area
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2006) 11,580,000 62,985 (0.5%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Cathedral	Cathedral of the Most Holy Rosary, Cuttack
Patron saint	Saint Joseph
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Metropolitan Archbishop	John Barwa, S.V.D.
Emeritus Bishops	Raphael Cheenath Archbishop Emeritus (1985-2011)
Website
Website of the Archdiocese

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.

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 – ...)
  • 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
• Rourkela
• Sambalpur

Sources

• GCatholic.org
• Catholic Hierarchy