| 1973 |
Missionary
Sisters Servants of the Holy Spirit (SSpS) came
to the Gangpur Mission. Their first community started
at Bondamunda. |
| 1974 |
Bishop Raphael
Cheenath, SVD, ordained Bishop to succeed Bishop
Herman Westermann, SVD. He was ordained by his predecessor,
in Hamirpur, on May 18. Bp. Herman Westermann left
India on May 23, for good. |
| 1975 |
Fr. Alphonse Bilung,
SVD, elected the first Indian Regional of Sambalpur
Region |
| |
The first ever
English –Sadri Dictionary published by Fr.
Edgar Blain, SVD. |
| |
SVD took up the
Parish at Puri, in Cuttack-Bhubaneswar. |
| 1979 |
Sambalpur diocese
bifurcated to constitute the new diocese of Rourkela.
“Sambalpur diocese” now finds its
headquarters at Sambalpur. Msgr. Alphonse Bilung,
SVD, and the first Bishop of the newly constituted
diocese of Rourkela ordained Bishop on November
3, at Rourkela. |
| 1982 |
St. Joseph Freinademetz
Brothers’ Formation Centre at Begdehi. |
| |
Dinabandhu Vocational
Training Centre at Jharsuguda started. |
| |
SVD took up the
Turbunga parish in the Archdiocese of Ranchi (now
Gumla diocese). |
| 1984 |
St. Lawrence
School at Tentoloi, Talcher opened. |
| 1985 |
Rt. Rev. Raphael
Cheenath, SVD, became the Archbishop of Cuttact-Bhubaneswar
on August 11. |
| 1986 |
The first translation
of the New Testament in Sadri released on March
9. The translation was done under the leadership
of Fr. Anthony Kujur and printed at Sat Prachar
Press, Indore. |
| 1987 |
Msgr. Lucas Kerketta
was ordained a Bishop of Sambalpur on March 1. |
| |
Khristo Jyoti
Mohavidyaloya, the Regional Theologate opened at
Sason, Sambalpur. |
| 1989 |
SVD took up the
Jajpur Road Parish in Cuttack-Bhubaneswar. |
| 1992 |
SVD took up
the Ambassa Mission in Tripura in the North East
in Agartala diocese.
1994 A new structure for St. Arnold Vikas Sanchar
is inaugurated. (Audio Recording Studio is set
up in 1998). |
| 1997 |
Vidya Jyoti, SVD
minor seminary, opened at Lungai, Rourkela. |
| 1998 |
St. Arnold’s
School opened at Kalinga Vihar, Bhubaneswar. |
| 2001 |
Divine Word
College opened at Janssen Nagar, Gaibira
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