Alphonse Bilung

His Excellency

Alphonse Bilung
Bishop Emeritus of Rourkela
ArchdioceseCuttack-Bhubaneswar
Appointed4 July 1979
Term ended2 April 2009
PredecessorPost created
SuccessorJohn Barwa
Orders
Ordination3 October 1961
Consecration3 November 1979
by Henry Sebastian D'Souza
Personal details
Born(1933-06-05)5 June 1933
Kusumdegi, British India
Died11 November 2022(2022-11-11) (aged 89)
Rourkela, Odisha, India

Alphonse Bilung (5 June 1933 – 11 November 2022) was an Indian Roman Catholic prelate. Bilung was born in India and ordinated to the priesthood in 1961. He served as the Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Rourkela from 1979 to until his retirement in 2009.[1][2][3]

References

  1. ^ "Bishop Alphonse Bilung". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2024-08-09.
  2. ^ "Bishop Alphonse Bilung Passes Away". CCBI. 2022-11-11. Retrieved 2024-08-09.
  3. ^ "India: First Bishop of Rourkela Dies at the age of 89". RVA News. 2022-11-12. Retrieved 2024-08-09.
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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Post created
 Bishop of Rourkela
1979–2009 		Succeeded by


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