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<p><span class="autocomment">Saints and causes for canonisation: </span> added Blessed <a href="/w/index.php?title=Odoric_of_Pordenone&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Odoric of Pordenone (page does not exist)">Odoric of Pordenone</a></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{more footnotes|date=February 2020}}<br /> {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}}<br /> {{Infobox diocese<br /> |jurisdiction = Archdiocese<br /> |name = Cuttack-Bhubaneswar <br /> |latin = Archidioecesis Cuttackensis-Bhubanesvarensis <br /> |local = <br /> |country = {{flag|India}}<br /> |province = Cuttack-Bhubaneswar<br /> |rite = [[Latin Rite]]<br /> |cathedral = Cathedral of the Most Holy Rosary, Cuttack <br /> |cocathedral = <br /> |patron = [[Saint Joseph]]<br /> |parishes = <br /> |area_km2 = 32,440 <br /> |population = 11,580,000<br /> |population_as_of = 2006 <br /> |catholics = 62,985<br /> |catholics_percent= 0.5 <br /> |pope = {{Incumbent pope}}<br /> |metro_archbishop = [[John Barwa]], [[S.V.D.]]<br /> |coadjutor = <br /> |emeritus_bishops = [[Raphael Cheenath]] &lt;small&gt;Archbishop Emeritus (1985-2011)&lt;/small&gt;<br /> |auxiliary_bishops= <br /> |website = [http://cuttackbbsrad.org/index.html Website of the Archdiocese] <br /> }}<br /> <br /> The &#039;&#039;&#039;Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar&#039;&#039;&#039; ({{lang-la|Cuttacken(sis)-Bhubanesvaren(sis)}}) is an [[archdiocese]] located in the cities of [[Cuttack]] and [[Bhubaneswar]] in India.<br /> <br /> ==History==<br /> * 18 July 1928: Established as [[Mission “sui iuris”]] of Cuttack from the [[Diocese of Vizagapatam]]<br /> * 1 June 1937: Promoted as Diocese of Cuttack<br /> * 24 January 1974: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cuttack–Bhubaneswar<br /> <br /> ==Leadership==<br /> * Arch[[bishop]]s of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar ([[Latin Rite]])<br /> ** [[John Barwa|Archbishop John Barwa SVD]] <br /> ** Archbishop Raphael Cheenath, S.V.D. (1 July 1985 – 14 August 2016)<br /> ** Archbishop [[Henry Sebastian D&#039;Souza]] (24 January 1974 – 29 March 1985)<br /> * Bishops of Cuttack (Latin Rite) <br /> ** Bishop [[Pablo Tobar Gonzáles]], [[Lazarists|C.M.]] (10 March 1949 – 18 April 1971)<br /> ** Bishop [[Florencio Sanz Esparza]], C.M. (11 November 1932 – 4 March 1948)<br /> *Ecclesiastical Superiors of Cuttack (Latin Rite) <br /> ** Fr. [[Valeriano Guemes Rodriguez]], C.M. (2 July 1929 – 1932)<br /> <br /> ==Suffragan dioceses==<br /> * [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Balasore|Balasore]] <br /> * [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Berhampur|Berhampur]]<br /> * [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Rayagada|Rayagada]]<br /> * [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Rourkela|Rourkela]]<br /> * [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Sambalpur|Sambalpur]]<br /> <br /> ==Saints and causes for canonisation==<br /> * Blessed [[Odoric of Pordenone]], a Franciscan friar who visited [[Puri]] and wrote about the [[Ratha Yatra (Puri)|Rath Yatra]].<br /> * Servant of God Marian Zelazek, SVD&lt;ref&gt;https://www.svdcuria.org/public/infonews/provinces/20nn/201n/1808ine.pdf&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> * Bernard Digal and 6 Lay Companions&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.vaticannews.va/en/church/news/2018-09/india-martyrs-kandhamal-odisha-catholic-church.html|title=Indian archdiocese gathering evidence on martyrs of Kandhamal - Vatican News|date=18 September 2018|website=www.vaticannews.va|accessdate=17 October 2019}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Sources==<br /> * [http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/cutt0.htm GCatholic.org]<br /> * [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dcubh.html Catholic Hierarchy]<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{Reflist}}<br /> <br /> {{coord|20.4802|N|85.8643|E|source:wikidata|display=title}}<br /> <br /> <br /> {{authority control}}<br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Cuttack-Bhubaneswar}}<br /> [[Category:Roman Catholic dioceses in India]]<br /> [[Category:Christian organizations established in 1928]]<br /> [[Category:Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century]]<br /> [[Category:Christianity in Odisha]]<br /> [[Category:Organisations based in Bhubaneswar]]<br /> [[Category:Cuttack]]<br /> [[Category:1928 establishments in India]]<br /> <br /> <br /> {{India-RC-diocese-stub}}</div>

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