Diocese of Sambalpur
Sambalpuren(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Sambalpur, India
Latin-rite diocese in western Odisha, India, erected 14 June 1951 from territory of the Archdiocese of Calcutta and the Dioceses of Nagpur and Ranchi. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar, with its seat at the Cathedral of St Joseph the Worker in Sambalpur.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 14 June 1951
- Latin
- Sambalpuren(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001002860
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 40,256
- Population
- 7,548,100
- Catholic share
- 0.5%
- Priests
- 149
- Catholics per priest
- 270
- Extent
- 37,299 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 1.1
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
- Niranjan Sual Singh
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 St Joseph the Worker, Sambalpur stands in Sambalpur, 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 RayagadaRayagada
- Diocese of RourkelaRourkela
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Seated in the city of Sambalpur, this diocese (Latin: Sambalpuren(sis)) belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar in India.
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].