Suffragan diocese Rayagada, India
Diocese of Rayagada
Rayagaden(sis)
Latin Church
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.
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- Established
- 2016
- Catholics
- 50,542
- Priests
- 35
- Territory
- 39,368 km²
Parishes and churches
24 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Catholic Church, RayagadaRayagada · CathedralView parish
- Cathlolic Church, MarathigudaMarathigudaView parish
- Catholic Church, GovindapalliGovindapalliView parish
- Catholic Church, J K PurJ K PurView parish
- Catholic Church, KoraputKoraputView parish
- Catholic Church, LaigudaLaigudaView parish
- Catholic Church, MalkangiriMalkangiriView parish
- Catholic Church, MunigudaMunigudaView parish
- Catholic Church, SemiligudaSemiligudaView parish
- Catholic Church, Shanti Niketan,LamtaputView parish
- Catholic Church, SuludiSuludiView parish
- Catholic Church, SunkiSunkiView parish
- Catholic Church, TentulikhuntiTentulikhuntiView parish
- Catholic Church, Vincent NagarVincentnagarView parish
- Corpus Christi Catholic ChurchBoiparigudaView parish
- St. Francis Xavier’s Catholic ChurchGumudaView parish
- St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, Shanti NagarJaltar Shanti NagarView parish
- St. Mary’s Catholic Church, NuapadaNuapadaView parish
- St. Mother Teresa’s Catholic ChurchChandrapurView parish
- St. Mother Teresa’s Catholic ChurchDharmagarhView parish
- St. Paul’s Catholic ChurchGunupur 2View parish
- St. Peter’s Catholic ChurchBhawanipatnaView parish
- St. Thomas’ Catholic ChurchJeyporeView parish
- Vianney Seva SadanKakirigumaView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Aplinar Senapati, CM
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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.
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.