https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Sambalpur 2026-08-18T13:09:37Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.43.6 https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Sambalpur&diff=56543&oldid=prev 2021-04-05T17:05:28Z

<p>removed <a href="/wiki/Category:1951_establishments_in_India" title="Category:1951 establishments in India">Category:1951 establishments in India</a>; added <a href="/w/index.php?title=Category:1951_establishments_in_Orissa&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Category:1951 establishments in Orissa (page does not exist)">Category:1951 establishments in Orissa</a> using <a href="https://en.bharatpedia.org/wiki/BP:HC" class="extiw" title="wp:HC">HotCat</a></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{nofootnotes|date=July 2020}}<br /> {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}<br /> {{Infobox diocese<br /> |jurisdiction = Diocese <br /> |name = Sambalpur <br /> |latin = Dioecesis Sambalpurensis <br /> |local = <br /> |country = [[India]]<br /> |metropolitan = <br /> |province = [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar|Cuttack–Bhubaneswar]] <br /> |rite = [[Roman Rite]]<br /> |cathedral = Cathedral of St Joseph the Worker in [[Sambalpur]]<br /> |cocathedral = <br /> |area_km2 = 37,299 <br /> |population = 7,548,100<br /> |population_as_of = 2010 <br /> |catholics = 40,256 <br /> |catholics_percent= 0.5 <br /> |pope = {{Incumbent pope}}<br /> |bishop = Niranjan Sual Singh<br /> |coadjutor = <br /> |metro_archbishop = <br /> |auxiliary_bishops= <br /> |emeritus_bishops = Lucas Kerketta &lt;small&gt;Bishop Emeritus (1987-2013)&lt;/small&gt;<br /> |churches=|patron=|dissolved=|founded=|established=|sui_iuris_church=[[Latin Church]]|denomination=|parishes=|headquarters=|territory=|flag=|coat=|image=|language=}}<br /> <br /> The &#039;&#039;&#039;Roman Catholic Diocese of Sambalpur&#039;&#039;&#039; ({{lang-la| Sambalpuren(sis)}}) is a [[diocese]] located in the city of [[Sambalpur]] in the [[Ecclesiastical province]] of [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar|Cuttack-Bhubaneswar]] in India.<br /> <br /> ==History==<br /> * 14 June 1951: Established as Diocese of Sambalpur from the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Calcutta]], [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nagpur|Diocese of Nagpur]] and [[Diocese of Ranchi]]<br /> <br /> ==Leadership==<br /> * [[Bishop]]s of Sambalpur ([[Latin Church]])<br /> **[[Hermann Westermann]] (14 June 1951 – 28 February 1974)<br /> ** [[Raphael Cheenath]] (later Archbishop) (28 February 1974 – 1 July 1985)<br /> ** [[Lucas Kerketta]] (17 November 1986 – 26 July 2013)<br /> ** Niranjan Sual Singh (28 September 2013 – present)<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> * [http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/samb0.htm GCatholic.org]<br /> * [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dsmbl.html Catholic Hierarchy]<br /> <br /> {{reflist}}<br /> <br /> {{coord|21.4738|N|83.9869|E|source:wikidata|display=title}}<br /> <br /> <br /> {{authority control}}<br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Sambalpur}}<br /> [[Category:Roman Catholic dioceses in India]]<br /> [[Category:Christian organizations established in 1951]]<br /> [[Category:Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century]]<br /> [[Category:Christianity in Odisha]]<br /> [[Category:1951 establishments in Orissa]]<br /> [[Category:Sambalpur]]<br /> <br /> <br /> {{India-RC-diocese-stub}}</div>

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