Diocese of Raigarh
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Diocese of Raigarh
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| Country | India |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Raipur |
| Diocesan bishop | Paul Toppo |
| founding | 1951 |
| surface | 7,072 km² |
| Parishes | 18 (2006) |
| Residents | 1,265,084 (2006) |
| Catholics | 56,640 (2006) |
| proportion of | 4.5% |
| Diocesan priest | 43 (2006) |
| Religious priest | 8 (2006) |
| Catholics per priest | 1,111 |
| Religious sisters | 92 (2006) |
| rite | Roman rite |
The diocese of Raigarh ( Latin : Dioecesis Raigarhensis ) is a Roman Catholic diocese in India . It is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Raipur .
history
Originally the diocese was established under the name Raigarh-Ambikapur on December 13, 1951 from parts of the dioceses of Nagpur and Ranchi and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Bhopal as a suffragandiöze. The Jesuit Oscar Sevrin became the first bishop .
November 1977 the diocese was then divided into the dioceses of Raigarh and Ambikapur . After the diocese of Raipur was raised to the archbishopric in 2004, the diocese of Raigarh became one of the suffragan dioceses of this new archdiocese. March 2006 the diocese lost part of its territory when the diocese of Jashpur was established from it.
Bishops of Raigarh
- Oscar Sevrin S.J. (1951–1957)
- Stanislaus Tigga (1957–1970)
- Francis Ekka (1971-1984)
- Victor Kindo (1985-2006)
- Paul Toppo (since 2006)