Diocese of Dumka
Dumkaën(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Dumka, India
The Diocese of Dumka is a Latin rite diocese in Jharkhand, India, erected in 1962 and suffragan of the Archdiocese of Ranchi. Its seat is the Cathedral of St Paul in Dumka.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 8 August 1962
- Latin
- Dumkaën(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Paul of Tarsus
- Annuario code
- 001001331
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 207,336
- Population
- 4,542,658
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 4.6%
- Priests
- 222
- Catholics per priest
- 934
- Extent
- 14,356 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 14
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
- Julius Marandi
- Born
- 8 June 1954
- Birthplace
- Belatanr
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
Cathedral of St Paul, Dumka stands in Dumka, 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 DaltonganjDaltonganj
- 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
In India's Jharkhand state, the Diocese of Dumka (Latin: Dumkaën(sis)) is a Latin Church jurisdiction of the Catholic Church, suffragan to the metropolitan Archdiocese of Ranchi. The cathedral of St. Paul in the city of Dumka serves as its episcopal see.
How to reach it
- Diocesan offices
- Bishop’s House, Dudhani, Bhagalpur Rd., Dumka-814101, Dumka Dt., Jharkhand, India
- Telephone
- 930.4355.877; 995.5382.362
This see keeps no website of its own, so the address of its diocesan offices is published here: withholding it would protect nothing and leave a reader with nowhere to go. Where a see publishes its own site, the register sends you there instead.
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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.