Christians from Kandhamal, long known as a land of martyrs, have found renewed joy and hope in the ordination of Bishop Rabindra Kumar Ranasingh as Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Cuttack–Bhubaneswar, in the eastern Indian state of Odisha. His elevation holds deep symbolic meaning for a community that has endured some of the worst anti-Christian violence in India’s recent history.
