Diocese of Jamshedpur
| Diocese of Jamshedpur | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| 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
-
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)
-
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)