Diocese of Jamshedpur
Iamshedpuren(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Jamshedpur, India
Latin-rite diocese in Jharkhand, India, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Ranchi. Established 2 July 1962 from the Archdiocese of Calcutta. Its seat is the Cathedral of St Joseph the Worker in Jamshedpur.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 2 July 1962
- Latin
- Iamshedpuren(sis)
- Patron
- St. Joseph the Worker
- Annuario code
- 001001718
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 73,000
- Population
- 11,830,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 0.6%
- Priests
- 199
- Catholics per priest
- 367
- Extent
- 21,003 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 3.5
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
- Telesphore Bilung, SVD
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 Joseph the Worker, Jamshedpur stands in Jamshedpur, 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 DumkaDumka
- Diocese of GumlaGumla
- Diocese of HazaribagHazaribag
- Diocese of KhuntiKhunti
- Diocese of Port BlairPort Blair
- Diocese of SimdegaSimdega
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Centered on the city of Jamshedpur in India, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Jamshedpur (Latin: Iamshedpuren(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.