Diocese of Rourkela

Diocese of Rourkela

Dioecesis Rurkelaënsis
Interior of Sacred Heart Church Hamirpur (New Church), Rourkela
Location
CountryIndia
Ecclesiastical provinceCuttack–Bhubaneswar
MetropolitanCuttack–Bhubaneswar
Statistics
Area9,675 km2 (3,736 sq mi)
Population
  • Total
  • Catholics
  • (as of 2020)
  • 2,182,000
  • 270,817 (12.4%)
Information
RiteLatin Rite
Established4 July 1979
CathedralSacred Heart Cathedral, Rourkela
Current leadership
PopeLeo XIV
BishopKishore Kumar Kujur
Metropolitan ArchbishopJohn Barwa SVD

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Rourkela (Latin: Rurkelaën(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Rourkela in the ecclesiastical province of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar in India.

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