Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar

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.

Archdiocese of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar Archidioecesis Cuttackensis-Bhubanesvarensis
Location
Country	India
Ecclesiastical province	Cuttack-Bhubaneswar
Statistics
Area	32,440 km^2 (12,530 sq mi)
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.
Bishops emeritus	Raphael Cheenath Archbishop Emeritus (1985-2011)
Website
Website of the Archdiocese

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)

Suffragan dioceses

• Balasore
• Berhampur
• Rayagada
• Rourkela
• Sambalpur

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

• GCatholic.org
• Catholic Hierarchy

References

1. https://www.svdcuria.org/public/infonews/provinces/20nn/201n/1808ine.pdf^{[bare URL PDF]}
2. "Indian archdiocese gathering evidence on martyrs of Kandhamal - Vatican News". www.vaticannews.va. 18 September 2018. Retrieved 17 October 2019.

Coordinates: 20°28′49″N 85°51′51″E / 20.4802°N 85.8643°E / 20.4802; 85.8643