Archdiocese of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar
Cuttacken(sis)-Bhubanesvaren(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Cuttack-Bhubaneswar, India
The Archdiocese of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar is a Latin rite metropolitan archdiocese in Odisha, India, elevated to metropolitan archdiocese in 1974 and covering Cuttack, Bhubaneswar and the entire Kandhamal district. Its seat is the Cathedral of the Most Holy Rosary in Cuttack. Archbishop John Barwa SVD has led the see since 2011.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 24 January 1974
- Latin
- Cuttacken(sis)-Bhubanesvaren(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Joseph
- Annuario code
- 001001254
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 75,275
- Population
- 13,540,000
- Catholic share
- 0.6%
- Priests
- 163
- Catholics per priest
- 462
- Extent
- 32,440 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 2.3
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- John Barwa, S.V.D.
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of the Most Holy Rosary, Cuttack stands in Cuttack-Bhubaneswar, 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.
The province of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of BalasoreBalasore
- Diocese of BerhampurBerhampur
- Diocese of RayagadaRayagada
- Diocese of RourkelaRourkela
- Diocese of SambalpurSambalpur
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Spanning the cities of Cuttack and Bhubaneswar and the whole of Kandhamal district in India, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar carries the Latin title Cuttacken(sis)-Bhubanesvaren(sis).
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].