Roman Catholic Diocese of Balasore

{{Short description|Roman Catholic diocese in Orissa, India}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2022}}

{{Use Indian English|date=December 2022}}

{{Infobox diocese

|jurisdiction = Diocese

|name = Balasore

|latin = Dioecesis Balasorensis

|local =

|country = {{flag|India}}

|metropolitan = Cuttack–Bhubaneswar

|province = Cuttack–Bhubaneswar

|rite = Latin Rite

|cathedral = Christ the King Cathedral, Balasore

|cocathedral =

|parishes = 39

|patron = Christ the King

|area_km2 = 25,118

|population = 8,974,200

|population_as_of = 2012

|catholics = 23,643

|catholics_percent= 0.3

|pope = {{Incumbent pope}}

|bishop = Varghese Thottamkara

|metro_archbishop = John Barwa

|emeritus_bishops = Thomas Thiruthalil Bishop Emeritus (1989-2013)

|coadjutor =

|auxiliary_bishops=

|website = [http://www.balasorediocese.org/ Website of the Diocese]

|map = Map of Roman Catholic Diocese of Balasore.png

}}

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Balasore ({{langx|la| Balasoren(sis)}}) is a diocese located in the city of Balasore in the ecclesiastical province of Cuttack–Bhubaneswar in India.

On Monday, 9 December 2013, Pope Francis accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Balasore, presented by Bishop Thomas Thiruthalil, CM, in accordance with Canon 401.1 of the Latin Rite 1983 Code of Canon Law. Pope Francis appointed as Bishop-elect of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Balasore, the Reverend Father Simon Kaipuram, C.M., who until then had been serving as dean and professor of Aquinas College of Gopalpur, India, in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Berhampur (based in Berhampur, India).{{citation needed|date=December 2022}}