Diocese of Berhampur
Berhampuren(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Berhampur, India
Latin rite diocese in Odisha, India, erected on 24 January 1974 from the Diocese of Cuttack. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar, with the Cathedral of the Queen of the Missions in Brahmapur as its seat.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 24 January 1974
- Latin
- Berhampuren(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Vincent de Paul
- Annuario code
- 001000890
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 125,241
- Population
- 9,161,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 1.4%
- Priests
- 104
- Catholics per priest
- 1,204
- Extent
- 51,289 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 2.4
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Sarat Chandra Nayak
- Born
- 1 July 1957
- Birthplace
- Kerubadi
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of the Queen of the Missions, Brahmapur stands in Berhampur, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of Cuttack-BhubaneswarCuttack-Bhubaneswar
- Diocese of BalasoreBalasore
- Diocese of RayagadaRayagada
- Diocese of RourkelaRourkela
- Diocese of SambalpurSambalpur
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Seated in the city of Berhampur, this Roman Catholic diocese (Latin: Berhampuren(sis)) belongs to India's ecclesiastical province of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar.
How to reach it
- Diocesan offices
- Bishop’s House, Berhampur-760007, Ganjam Dt., Odisha, India
- Telephone
- [943]768.1965
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.