Suffragan diocese Rourkela, India
Diocese of Rourkela
Rurkelaën(sis)
Latin Church
Latin-rite diocese in Odisha, India, erected 4 July 1979 from the Diocese of Sambalpur and a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar. Its seat is Sacred Heart Cathedral in Rourkela; with about 270,800 Catholics (2020, 12.4% of the population) across 44 parishes it is one of the larger Catholic communities in eastern India.
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- Established
- 1979
- Catholics
- 270,817
- Priests
- 187
- Territory
- 9,675 km²
Parishes and churches
36 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Sacred Heart Cathedral, RourkelaTown not recorded · CathedralView parish
- Catholic Church, AmbapaniAmbapaniView parish
- Catholic Church, BarilaptaBarilaptaView parish
- Catholic Church, BarsuanBarsuanView parish
- Catholic Church, BirmitrapurBirmitrapurView parish
- Catholic Church, BonaigarhBonaigarhView parish
- Catholic Church, BondamundaBondamundaView parish
- Catholic Church, GaibiraGaibiraView parish
- Catholic Church, GhogheaGhogheaView parish
- Catholic Church, GomardihGomardihView parish
- Catholic Church, HamirpurHamirpurView parish
- Catholic Church, HarasmaraHarasmaraView parish
- Catholic Church, HemgirHemgirView parish
- Catholic Church, JaldaJaldaView parish
- Catholic Church, JhorabahalJhorabahalView parish
- Catholic Church, Jhunmur:Jhunmur:View parish
- Catholic Church, KahupaniKahupaniView parish
- Catholic Church, KalungaKalungaView parish
- Catholic Church, KansbahalKansbahalView parish
- Catholic Church, KantapaliKantapaliView parish
- Catholic Church, KesramalKesramalView parish
- Catholic Church, KiralagaKiralagaView parish
- Catholic Church, KuarmundaKuarmundaView parish
- Catholic Church, KusumdegiKusumdegiView parish
- Catholic Church, PanderpaliPanderpaliView parish
- Catholic Church, PhalsaPhalsaView parish
- Catholic Church, PonkodihPonkodihView parish
- Catholic Church, RaidihRaidihView parish
- Catholic Church, RajgangpurRajgangpurView parish
- Catholic Church, SalangabahalSalangabahalView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Kishore Kumar Kujur
Explore the ministry of the bishop.
The cathedral
Sacred Heart Cathedral, Rourkela stands in Rourkela, 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
The city of Rourkela is the seat of this diocese (Latin: Rurkelaën(sis)), which lies within the ecclesiastical province of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar in India.