Diocese of Rayagada
Rayagaden(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Rayagada, India
Latin-rite diocese in Odisha, India, erected 11 April 2016 by Pope Francis from territory of the Diocese of Berhampur, and a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar. Its seat is the Queen of the Mission Cathedral in Rayagada, serving about 50,500 Catholics.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 11 April 2016
- Latin
- Rayagaden(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001002728
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 50,542
- Population
- 5,407,894
- Catholic share
- 0.9%
- Priests
- 35
- Catholics per priest
- 1,444
- Extent
- 39,368 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 1.3
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
- Bishop
- Aplinar Senapati, CM
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
Queen of the Mission Cathedral, Rayagada stands in Rayagada, 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
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of Cuttack-BhubaneswarCuttack-Bhubaneswar
- Diocese of BalasoreBalasore
- Diocese of BerhampurBerhampur
- Diocese of RourkelaRourkela
- Diocese of SambalpurSambalpur
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
On 11 April 2016, Pope Francis erected this diocese in the Indian state of Orissa (Odisha), taking its territory from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Berhampur (in Berhampur, India). Headquartered in the see city of Rayagada, it will be a suffragan see in the Province of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar, based in the cities of Cuttack and the provincial capital of Bhubaneswar.
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].