Diocese of Rourkela, India

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Rourkela / Rurkelaën(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Cuttack–Bhubaneswar

Patron Saint: Our Lady of Holy Rosary

1979.07.04: Established as Diocese of Rourkela / Rurkelaën(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Sambalpur and became suffragan of Cuttack–Bhubaneswar)

Bishop (2013.07.26 – ...):

Bishop Kishore Kumar Kujur (60)

Bishops of Rourkela (Roman Rite)

Bishop Kishore Kumar Kujur (60)
(2013.07.26 – ...)

Bishop of Rourkela (India)

Priest of Sambalpur (India) (1993.02.07 – 2013.07.26)

Bishop of Rourkela (India) (2013.07.26 – ...)

Bishop John Barwa, S.V.D. (68) (later Archbishop)
(2009.04.02 – 2011.02.11)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cuttack–Bhubaneswar (India)

Coadjutor Bishop of Rourkela (India) (2006.02.04 – 2009.04.02)

Bishop of Rourkela (India) (2009.04.02 – 2011.02.11)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cuttack–Bhubaneswar (India) (2011.02.11 – ...)

Bishop Alphonse Bilung, S.V.D.
(1979.07.04 – 2009.04.02)

Bishop of Rourkela (India) (1979.07.04 – 2009.04.02)

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop John Barwa, S.V.D. (68) (later Archbishop) (2006.02.04 – 2009.04.02)

Area: 9,675 km²

Population: 278,919 Catholics (12.5% of 2,233,110 total)

Pastoral Centres: 44 parishes

Personnel: 188 priests (83 diocesan, 105 religious), 745 religious (267 brothers, 478 sisters), 42 seminarians