Diocese of Khunti
Khuntien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Khunti, India
Latin-rite diocese in Jharkhand, India, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Ranchi. Established 1 April 1995 from the Archdiocese of Ranchi. Its seat is the Cathedral of St Michael in Khunti.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1 April 1995
- Latin
- Khuntien(sis)
- Patron
- São Miguel Arcanjo
- Annuario code
- 001001845
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 81,989
- Population
- 872,569
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 9.4%
- Priests
- 106
- Catholics per priest
- 773
- Extent
- 3,765 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 22
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
- Binay Kandulna
- Born
- 3 January 1964
- Birthplace
- Gondra
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
St Michael's Cathedral, Khunti stands in Khunti, 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 JamshedpurJamshedpur
- Diocese of Port BlairPort Blair
- Diocese of SimdegaSimdega
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
How to reach it
- Diocesan offices
- Bishop’s House, Saint Michael’s Church, Torpa Road, P.O. Khunti-835210, Jharkhand, India
- Telephone
- 776.2041.441
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.