Diocese of Dumka
| Diocese of Dumka | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | India |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Ranchi |
| Diocesan bishop | Julius Marandi |
| founding | 1952 |
| surface | 14,356 km² |
| Parishes | 26 ( 12/31/2006 / AP2007 ) |
| Residents | 3,383,771 ( 12/31/2006 / AP2007 ) |
| Catholics | 100,642 ( 12/31/2006 / AP2007 ) |
| proportion of | 3% |
| Diocesan priest | 38 ( 12/31/2006 / AP2007 ) |
| Religious priest | 68 ( 12/31/2006 / AP2007 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 949 |
| Friars | 109 ( 12/31/2006 / AP2007 ) |
| Religious sisters | 236 ( 12/31/2006 / AP2007 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| cathedral | Cathedral of St. Paul |
The Diocese of Dumka ( lat. : Dioecesis Dumkaensis ) is in India situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Dumka .
history
Pope Pius XII founded the Apostolic Prefecture of Malda with the Apostolic Constitution Tam opportunum on January 17, 1952 from cession of territory by the Diocese of Dinajpur . With the Apostolic Constitution Exsultat sancta Mater Ecclesia she was raised to the diocese on August 8, 1962.
On June 8, 1978 it lost part of its territory to the diocese of Raiganj . On June 27, 1998 it lost part of its territory to the diocese of Purnea .
territory
The diocese Dumka includes the districts Dumka, Sahibganj, Pakur, Deoghar (only the Taluk Madhupur) in the state of Jharkhand , Purnea, Katihar, Araria and Kishanganj in the state of Bihar and the Taluk Rampurhat in the district of Birbhum in the state of West Bengal .
Ordinaries
Apostolic Prefect of Malda
- Adam Grossi PME (March 28, 1952–1962)
Bishops of Dumka
- Leo Tigga SJ (August 8, 1962– June 8, 1978, then Bishop of Raiganj )
- Telesphore Placidus Toppo (June 8, 1978– November 8, 1984, then Coadjutor Archbishop of Ranchi)
- Stephen M. Tiru (April 18, 1986– April 1, 1995, then Bishop of Khunti )
- Julius Marandi (since June 14, 1997)