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Suffragan diocese Balasore, India

Diocese of Balasore

Balasoren(sis)

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.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Christ the King Cathedral, Balasore, in Balasore, India.

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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.

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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.

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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.