Diocese of Balasore, India 🇮🇳

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Balasore / Balasoren(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Cuttack–Bhubaneswar

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Patron Saint: Christ the King

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) (became suffragan of Cuttack–Bhubaneswar)

Bishop (2023.05.10 – ...):

Bishop Varghese Thottamkara, C.M. (66)

Bishops of Balasore (Roman Rite)

Bishop Varghese Thottamkara, C.M. (66)
(2023.05.10 – ...)

Bishop of Balasore (India)

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Nekemte (Ethiopia) (2013.06.28 – 2013.11.10)

Titular Bishop of Chullu (2013.06.28 – 2023.05.10)

Vicar Apostolic of Nekemte (Ethiopia) (2013.11.10 – 2023.05.10)

Bishop of Balasore (India) (2023.05.10 – ...)

Bishop Simon Kaipuram, C.M.
(2013.12.09 – 2019.04.22)

Bishop of Balasore (India) (2013.12.09 – 2019.04.22)

Bishop Thomas Thiruthalil, C.M. (89)
(1989.12.18 – 2013.12.09)

Bishop emeritus of Balasore (India)

Bishop of Berhampur (India) (1974.01.24 – 1989.12.18)

Bishop of Balasore (India) (1989.12.18 – 2013.12.09)

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

Area: 28,118 km²

Population: 26,993 Catholics (0.3% of 9,416,326 total)

Pastoral Centres: 26 parishes

Personnel: 66 priests (52 diocesan, 14 religious), 200 religious (26 brothers, 174 sisters), 6 seminarians