Diocese of Jamshedpur
Diocese of Jamshedpur | |
Basic data | |
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Country | India |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Ranchi |
Diocesan bishop | Sedis vacancy |
Apostolic Administrator | Telesphore education SVD |
founding | 1962 |
surface | 21,003 km² |
Parishes | 37 (December 31, 2016 / AP2017 ) |
Residents | 10,101,542 (December 31, 2016 / AP2017 ) |
Catholics | 69,210 ( 12/31/2016 / AP2017 ) |
proportion of | 0.7% |
Diocesan priest | 68 ( 12/31/2016 / AP2017 ) |
Religious priest | 118 ( 12/31/2016 / AP2017 ) |
Catholics per priest | 372 |
Friars | 157 ( 12/31/2016 / AP2017 ) |
Religious sisters | 328 ( 12/31/2016 / AP2017 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language |
Hindi English |
cathedral | St. Joseph's Cathedral Jamshedpur |
Website | http://www.jamshedpurdiocese.org/ |
The Diocese of Jamshedpur ( Latin : Dioecesis Iamshedpurensis ) is a Roman Catholic diocese in India with its seat in Jamshedpur , Jharkhand .
The Diocese of Jamshedpur was founded on July 2, 1962 from the Archdiocese of Calcutta . It is a suffragan of the Ranchi Archdiocese . The diocese is administered by the Society of Jesus .
Ordinaries
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Lawrence Trevor Picachy SJ (1962–1969), later Archbishop of Calcutta and Cardinal
- Lawrence Trevor Picachy SJ, Administrator (1969–1970)
- Joseph Robert Rodericks SJ (1970-1996)
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Felix Toppo SJ (1997-2018)
- Sedis vacancy since June 24, 2018
See also
Web links
Commons : Diocese of Jamshedpur - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Entry for the Diocese of Jamshedpur on catholic-hierarchy.org
- History of the Diocese of Jamshedpur
- Entry on the Diocese of Jamshedpur on gcatholic.org (English)