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Diocese of

Balasore

India India

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese

Ecclesiastical Province: Cuttack–Bhubaneswar

Neighbouring Dioceses: Cuttack–Bhubaneswar (↙), Sambalpur (←), Rourkela (←), Jamshedpur (↖), Calcutta (↗)

History

  • 1968.06.08: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Balasore / Balasoren(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Calcutta)
  • 1989.12.18: Promoted as Diocese of Balasore / Balasoren(sis) (Latin)

Special Churches

Present Prelates

Bishop (1989.12.18 – ...):Bishop Thomas Thiruthalil, C.M. (77)Bishop Thomas Thiruthalil, C.M. (77)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Balasore (Roman Rite)

Bishop Thomas Thiruthalil, C.M. (77)Bishop Thomas Thiruthalil, C.M. (77)
(1989.12.18 – ...)

Born:1936.01.17 (India)
Ordained Priest:1963.04.14
Consecrated Bishop:1974.05.05

Bishop of Berhampur (India) (1974.01.24 – 1989.12.18)

Bishop of Balasore (India) (1989.12.18 – ...)

Fr. Jacob Vadakevetil, C.M.
(Apostolic Administrator 1968.06.14 – 1989)

as of 2013.05.03

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