Archdiocese of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar is an archdiocese located in the cities of Cuttack, Bhubaneswar and covering the entire Kandhamal district in India.
History
- 18 July 1928: Established as Mission “sui iuris” of Cuttack from the Diocese of Vizagapatam
- 1 June 1937: Promoted as Diocese of Cuttack
- 24 January 1974: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cuttack–Bhubaneswar
Leadership
- Archbishops of Metropolitan See of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar
- * Archbishop John Barwa SVD
- * Archbishop Raphael Cheenath, S.V.D.
- * Archbishop Henry Sebastian D'Souza
- Bishops of Cuttack
- * Bishop Pablo Tobar Gonzáles, C.M.
- * Bishop Florencio Sanz Esparza, C.M.
- Ecclesiastical Superiors of Cuttack
- * Fr. Valeriano Guemes Rodriguez, C.M.
Suffragan dioceses
Saints and causes for canonisation
- Blessed Odoric of Pordenone, a Franciscan friar who visited Puri and wrote about the Rath Yatra.
- Servant of God Marian Zelazek, SVD
- Bernard Digal and 6 Lay Companions