Diocese of

Rayagada

India India

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Rayagada / Rayagaden(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Cuttack–Bhubaneswar

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

Present Prelates

Bishop (2016.04.11 – ...):Bishop Aplinar Senapati, C.M. (64)Bishop Aplinar Senapati, C.M. (64)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Rayagada (Roman Rite)

Bishop Aplinar Senapati, C.M. (64)Bishop Aplinar Senapati, C.M. (64)
(2016.04.11 – ...)

Bishop of Rayagada (India)

Mary Immaculate

Born:1960.10.28 (Surada, India)
Ordained Priest:1990.11.28
Consecrated Bishop:2016.05.28

Bishop of Rayagada (India) (2016.04.11 – ...)

Special Churches

Jagdalpur (←), Raipur (↖), Sambalpur (↑), Cuttack–Bhubaneswar (↗), Berhampur (→), Srikakulam (↘), Visakhapatnam (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 39,420 km²

Population: 67,302 Catholics (1.0% of 6,688,030 total)

Pastoral Centres: 26 parishes

Personnel: 63 priests (26 diocesan, 37 religious), 72 religious (47 brothers, 25 sisters), 24 seminarians

Population

Pastoral Centres

Priests

Religious

Seminarians

Last updated on 2025.04.02

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