Diocese of Daltonganj
Daltonganien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Daltonganj, India
The Diocese of Daltonganj is a Latin rite diocese in Jharkhand, India, erected on 5 June 1971 and suffragan of the Archdiocese of Ranchi. Its cathedral is the Shanti ki Maharani (Queen of Peace) church in Medininagar.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 5 June 1971
- Latin
- Daltonganien(sis)
- Patron
- Shanti Ki Maharani
- Annuario code
- 001001267
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 69,200
- Population
- 3,358,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 2.1%
- Priests
- 146
- Catholics per priest
- 474
- Extent
- 2,750 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 25
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Theodore Mascarenhas
- Born
- 9 November 1960
- Birthplace
- Bombay
- Institute
- SOCIETÀ DEI MISSIONARI DI S. FRANCESCO SAVERIO (SOCIETÀ DEL PILAR)
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Shanti ki Maharani Cathedral, Medininagar stands in Daltonganj, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Ranchi
A suffragan of Ranchi.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of RanchiRanchi
- Diocese of DumkaDumka
- Diocese of GumlaGumla
- Diocese of HazaribagHazaribag
- Diocese of JamshedpurJamshedpur
- Diocese of KhuntiKhunti
- Diocese of Port BlairPort Blair
- Diocese of SimdegaSimdega
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Seated in the city of Daltonganj in India, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Daltonganj (Latin: Daltonganien(sis)) belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Ranchi.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.