Diocese of Khunti
| Diocese of Khunti | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | India |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Ranchi |
| Diocesan bishop | Binay Kandulna |
| founding | 1995 |
| surface | 3,765 km² |
| Parishes | 19 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Residents | 872,569 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics | 81,989 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| proportion of | 9.4% |
| Diocesan priest | 32 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious priest | 29 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 1,344 |
| Friars | 40 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious sisters | 117 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| cathedral | Saint Michael Cathedral (Khunti) |
The diocese Khunti ( lat. : Dioecesis Khuntiensis ) is in India situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Khunti .
history
The diocese of Khunti was established on April 1, 1995 by Pope John Paul II with the Apostolic Constitution Magnopere licuit from cessions of territory of the Archdiocese of Ranchi and subordinated to this as a suffragan diocese.
Bishops of Khunti
- Stephen Tiru , 1995-2012
- Binay Kandulna , since 2012
territory
The diocese of Khunti includes the district of Khunti and Tehsil Bandgaon in the district of Pashchimi Singhbhum in the state of Jharkhand .
See also
Web links
Commons : Diocese of Khunti - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Entry for the Diocese of Khunti on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Entry about the Diocese of Khunti on gcatholic.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ioannes Paulus II: Const. Apost. Magnopere licuit , AAS 87 (1995), n.8, p. 681f.