Roman Catholic Diocese of Dumka

Diocese of Dumka

*Dioecesis Dumkaënsis*

दुमका के सूबा
Diocese of Dumka; Dioecesis Dumkaënsis; दुमका के सूबा
Location
Country	India
Ecclesiastical province	Ranchi
Metropolitan	Ranchi
Statistics
Area	14,356 km2 (5,543 sq mi)
Population; - Total; - Catholics (including non-members)	(as of 2018); 4,639,640; 190,606 (4.1%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Cathedral	Cathedral of St Paul in Dumka
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop
Metropolitan Archbishop	Telesphore Toppo

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Dumka (Latin: Dumkaën(sis)) is a suffragan Latin diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan of Ranchi in India's Jharkhand state.

Its episcopal see is the cathedral of St. Paul in the city of Dumka.

History[]

17 January 1952: Established as the Apostolic Prefecture of Malda on territory split off from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Calcutta
8 August 1962: Promoted as Diocese of Dumka
Lost territory on 8 June 1978 to establish the Roman Catholic Diocese of Raiganj, to which the incumbent bishop moved
Lost territory on 27 June to establish the Roman Catholic Diocese of Purnea

Ordinaries[]

(all Latin, Roman Rite)

Apostolic Prefect of Malda

Fr. , Society of Foreign Missions (P.M.E.) (March 28, 1952 – 1962)

Bishops of Dumka

Leo Tigga, Society of Jesus (S.J.) (August 8, 1962 – June 8, 1978), later Bishop of split-off Roman Catholic Diocese of Raiganj (India) (1978.06.08 – 1986.01.29)
Telesphore Placidus Toppo (June 8, 1978 – November 8, 1984), later Coadjutor Archbishop of Ranchi (India) (1984.11.08 – 1985.08.07), succeeding as Metropolitan Archbishop of Ranchi (1985.08.07 – ...), Vice-President of Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (1998 – 2002), President of Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (2002 – 2005), Cardinal-priest of S. Cuore di Gesù agonizzante a Vitinia (2003.10.21 [2004.05.23] – ...), President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (2004.01.12 – 2008.02.19), Member of (2008.02.24 – 2014.01.15), President of Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (2011.01.12 – 2013.02), Member of (2012.06.23 – 2014.02.24)
Stephen M. Tiru (April 18, 1986 – April 1, 1995), later Bishop of Khunti (India) (1995.04.01 – 2012.03.03)
Julius Marandi (June 14, 1997 – ...)

References[]

Sources and external links[]

GCatholic.org, with incumbent biography links ^{[self-published]}
Catholic Hierarchy ^{[self-published]}

Coordinates: 24°16′54″N 87°14′16″E / 24.2818°N 87.2378°E / 24.2818; 87.2378

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