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Diocese of Sambalpur

Dioecesis Sambalpurensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Niranjan Sual Singh, Bishop
  • Lucas Kerketta, S.V.D., Bishop Emeritus

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 14 June 1951
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar
  • Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelization
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: India
  • Square Kilometers: 37,035 (14,304 Square Miles)
  • Description: Sambalpur, Anugul, Bargarh, Bolangir, Deogarh, Dhenkanal, Jharsuguda, and Sonepur
  • Official Web Site: http://www.sambalpurdiocese.org
  • Mailing Address: Bishop's House, Ainthapali, P.O. Buddharaja, Sambalpur-768004, Orissa, India
  • Telephone: (0865)8174.176

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
14 June 1951ErectedArchdiocese of Calcutta (Rairakhol, Athmalik, Angul, Pallahara, Talcher, Hindol, and Dhenkanal along with part of Sambalpur and Sonpur)
Diocese of Nagpur (Patna and part of Sambalpur and Sonpur)
Diocese of Ranchi (Gangpur, Bonai, and Bamra)
Diocese of Sambalpur (erected)
19 September 1953Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Sambalpur (from Calcutta)
24 January 1974Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Sambalpur (from Ranchi)
4 July 1979Territory LostDiocese of Sambalpur (Sundargarh) Diocese of Rourkela (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1969115,2804,500,0002.6%751581,9876022525ap1971
198020,8545,912,000.4%32225834285212ap1981
199027,5525,535,200.5%73845612508616ap1991
199937,1196,292,825.6%2145665625017120ap2000
200030,8986,292,825.5%2256783966119421ap2001
200131,6686,292,825.5%2447714465518821ap2002
200232,8916,292,825.5%2447714635720821ap2003
200333,9227,139,404.5%2456804246320922ap2004
200434,6247,139,384.5%2542675164820722ap2005
201040,2567,548,100.5%3955944286125822ap2011
201445,4977,552,050.6%549514930512428622ap2015
201744,3897,436,673.6%647513931910930523ap2018
202045,9317,604,700.6%668515130410931724ap2021
202247,9318,443,000.6%668314932111031824ap2023

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 43, Page 660, to Page 662
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 46, Page 83, to Page 87
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 66, Page 369, and Page 370

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