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June 13, 1997
ANGLICAN COMMUNION NEWS SERVICE
Canon Jim Rosenthal, Director of Ccommunications
Anglican Communion Office
London, England

[97.6.2.4]

INDIA: NEW DIOCESE OF PHULBANI, CNI

(ACNS) At the end of April the 24th diocese of the Church of North India
was inaugurated. The Diocese of Phulbani was inaugurated by the Most
Revd D K Mohanty, Moderator of the CNI.

Nearly 15,000 people came to see the inauguration which took place at
Udayagiri. The new diocese was formed out of  Cuttack Diocese  to serve
the Kond Hills of Orissa.