Raphael Cheenath, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Raphael Cheenath

Indian bishop

Date of Birth: 29-Dec-1935

Place of Birth: Manalur, Kerala, India

Date of Death: 14-Aug-2016

Profession: Catholic priest

Nationality: India

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

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.
Cheenath died on 14 August 2016 at Holy Spirit Hospital in Mumbai.