Suffragan diocese Balasore, India
Diocese of Balasore
Balasoren(sis)
Latin Church
Latin rite diocese in Odisha, India, established as an apostolic prefecture on 8 June 1968 from the Archdiocese of Calcutta and promoted to diocese on 18 December 1989. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar, with Christ the King Cathedral in Balasore as its seat. Its patron is Christ the King.
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- Established
- 1968
- Catholics
- 23,643
- Priests
- 63
- Territory
- 25,118 km²
Parishes and churches
23 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Christ The King CathedralBalasore · CathedralView parish
- Catholic Church, JaleswarJaleswarView parish
- Catholic Church. Bonuan ChuahatBonuanView parish
- Divine Mercy HomeAnandapurView parish
- Holy Family Catholic ChurchLavanyadeipurView parish
- Immaculate Conception ChurchMitrapurView parish
- Jeevan JyotiAmarda RoadView parish
- Keountunimary Catholic ChurchKeutinimariView parish
- Marshal DaharGhatidubaView parish
- Nirmala Catholic ChurchKeonjharView parish
- Raghunathpur MissionRaghunathpurView parish
- Sa'rana Catholic ChurchRugudisaiView parish
- Shalom SadanBhadrakView parish
- St Joseph's ChurchRangiamView parish
- St. Francis Xavier ChurchMangalpurView parish
- St. John the Apostle ChurchJodaView parish
- St. Joseph's ChurchGarhdeuliaView parish
- St. Mary's ChurchBarbilView parish
- St. Paul's ConversionHatigarhView parish
- St. Peter & Paul ChurchKrishna ChandrapurView parish
- St. Peter's ChurchKusudiaView parish
- St. Vincent's Catholic ChurchBaghmaraView parish
- St. Vincent's ChurchJoshipurView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Varghese Thottamkara, C.M.
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The cathedral
Christ the King Cathedral, Balasore stands in Balasore, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
History
Within India's ecclesiastical province of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Balasore (Latin: Balasoren(sis)) is seated in the city of Balasore. On Monday, 9 December 2013, Bishop Thomas Thiruthalil, CM, presented his resignation from the diocese's pastoral governance under Canon 401.1 of the Latin Rite 1983 Code of Canon Law, and Pope Francis accepted it.