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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Roman Catholic diocese in Orissa, India}}<br />
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{{Infobox diocese<br />
| jurisdiction = Diocese<br />
| name = Rayagada<br />
| latin = Rayagaden/sis<br />
| local = <!-- Name in the native language --> <br />
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<!---- Locations ----><br />
| country = [[India]]<br />
| territory = <br />
| province = [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar|Cuttack-Bhubaneswar]]<br />
| metropolitan = <br />
| archdeaconries = <br />
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<!---- Statistics ----><br />
| area_km2 = 39368.4<br />
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| population = 5407894<br />
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| catholics = 50542<br />
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| parishes = 23<br />
| churches = <!-- Number of churches in the diocese --><br />
| congregations = <!-- Number of congregations in the diocese --><br />
| schools = <!-- Number of church supported schools in the diocese --><br />
| members = <!-- Number of members in the diocese --><br />
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| denomination = <br />
| sui_iuris_church = [[Latin Church]]<br />
| rite = [[Roman Rite]]<br />
| established = 11 April 2016<br />
| dissolved = <br />
| cathedral = [[Queen of the Mission Cathedral, Rayagada|Queen of the Mission Cathedral]]<br />
| cocathedral = <br />
| patron = <!-- Patron saint(s) of the diocese (or archdiocese) --><br />
| patron_title = <!-- Use to override the default label "Patron saint" --><br />
| priests = 35<br />
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| pope = {{Incumbent pope}} <!-- DO NOT CHANGE. This will update the Popes Automatically as they change --><br />
| patriarch = <br />
| major_archbishop = <br />
| bishop = [[Aplinar Senapati]], [[Congregation of the Mission|CM]]<br />
| bishop_title = <!-- Type of ordinary: i.e. Bishop or Archbishop. Default is Bishop --><br />
| metro_archbishop = [[John Barwa]], [[S.V.D.]]<br />
| coadjutor = <br />
| suffragans = <!-- List most senior first (usually reckoned by date of consecration); use | suffragan = for one --><br />
| auxiliary_bishops = <!-- List most senior first (usually reckoned by date of consecration) --><br />
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| archdeacons = <!-- List most senior first (usually reckoned by date of first collation); use | archdeacon = for one--><br />
| emeritus_bishops = <!-- List most senior first (usually reckoned by date of consecration) --><br />
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The '''Roman Catholic Diocese of Rayagada''' is a [[diocese]] located in the [[India]]n state of [[Orissa, India|Orissa]] (Odisha). It was created, with territory taken from the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Berhampur]] (in [[Berhampur]], India), on 11 April 2016 by [[Pope Francis]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Rinunce e nomine: Erezione della diocesi di Rayagada (India) e nomina del primo Vescovo |url=https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2016/04/11/0252/00565.html |work=Bollettino |location=Vatican |date=11 April 2016}}</ref> It is headquartered in the see city of [[Rayagada]], and 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]]).<br />
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==Governance==<br />
The Reverend Father [[Aplinar Senapati]], [[Congregation of the Mission|CM]] was appointed its first Bishop, and will receive episcopal ordination and then be installed as bishop at a date or dates in the near future to be determined. According to the Vatican's news release about the erection of the new Diocese, Bishop-elect Senapati was born in [[Surada, India]], in 1960. Bishop-elect Senapati professed his religious vows with the Congregation of the Mission in 1989, and then was ordained a priest in 1990. He holds master's degrees in economics and in philosophy, and has served in a number of roles including parochial vicar, teacher, parish priest, and as Master of Novices. He is currently the Pastor of St. Vincent De Paul Parish, and President of the English Medium School in Derapathar, [[Guwahati]].<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Catholic Church in India]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [https://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/raya0.htm GCatholic.org] [[Wikipedia:SPS|{{sup|[''self-published'']}}]]<br />
* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/draya.html Catholic-Hierarchy.org] [[Wikipedia:SPS|{{sup|[''self-published'']}}]]<br />
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