About Raphael Cheenath
Lived 1935 – 2016 (aged 80). Raphael Cheenath was an Indian catholic priest and catholic bishop.
Raphael Cheenath (29 December 1934 – 14 August 2016) was the archbishop of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar, India. He was ordained a priest of the Society of the Divine Word on 21 September 1963 and appointed bishop of Sambalpur, India on 28 February 1974. He was appointed archbishop of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar on 1 July 1985 and retired on 11 February 2011. Cheenath died on 14 August 2016 at Holy Spirit Hospital in Mumbai.
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Who was Raphael Cheenath?
Indian archbishop (1935–2016)
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Raphael Cheenath was born on 29 December 1935 in Manalur.
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Raphael Cheenath died on 14 August 2016 in Mumbai.
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Raphael Cheenath was a catholic priest and catholic bishop.
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Raphael Cheenath was Indian.
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