Raphael Cheenath (29 December 1934 – 14 August 2016) was the archbishop of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar, India. He was ordained as 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 as archbishop of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar on 1 July 1985 and retired on 11 February 2011.[1] Cheenath died on 14 August 2016 at Holy Spirit Hospital in Mumbai.[2]

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  1. ↑ "Archbishop Emeritus of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar". Retrieved 8 December 2012.
  2. ↑ "Arch Bishop Raphael Cheenath passes away". Mathrubhumi. 15 August 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
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