Diocese of

Berhampur

India India

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Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Berhampur / Berhampuren(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Cuttack–Bhubaneswar

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Vincent de Paul

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

Present Prelates

Bishop (2006.11.27 – ...):Bishop Sarat Chandra Nayak (66)Bishop Sarat Chandra Nayak (66)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Berhampur (Roman Rite)

Bishop Sarat Chandra Nayak (66)Bishop Sarat Chandra Nayak (66)
(2006.11.27 – ...)

Bishop of Berhampur (India)

To be a happy servant

Born:1957.07.01 (Kerubadi, India)
Ordained Priest:1990.04.25
Consecrated Bishop:2007.01.30

Priest of Cuttack–Bhubaneswar (India) (1990.04.25 – 2006.11.27)

Bishop of Berhampur (India) (2006.11.27 – ...)

Bishop Joseph Das
(1993.05.03 – 2006.11.27)

Born:1930.07.07 (India)
Ordained Priest:1959.12.06
Consecrated Bishop:1993.07.07
Died:2008.08.05 († 78)

Bishop of Berhampur (India) (1993.05.03 – 2006.11.27)

Bishop Thomas Thiruthalil, C.M. (88)Bishop Thomas Thiruthalil, C.M. (88)
(1974.01.24 – 1989.12.18)

Bishop emeritus of Balasore (India)

Transforming lives

Born:1936.01.17 (Vazhakulam, 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 – 2013.12.09)

Special Churches

Srikakulam (↙), Rayagada (←), Cuttack–Bhubaneswar (↗)

Statistics (2021.12.31)

Area: 12,531 km²

Population: 71,288 Catholics (1.5% of 4,787,769 total)

Pastoral Centres: 26 parishes, 2 missions

Personnel: 104 priests (39 diocesan, 65 religious), 312 religious (113 brothers, 199 sisters), 19 seminarians

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Pastoral Centres

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Seminarians

Last updated on 2024.03.04

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