Diocese of Simdega
Simdegaën(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Simdega, India
Latin-rite diocese in Jharkhand, India, erected 28 May 1993 from the Archdiocese of Ranchi, of which it is a suffragan. Its seat is the Cathedral of St Anne in Simdega, in a heavily tribal region where Catholics are about a third of the population.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 28 May 1993
- Latin
- Simdegaën(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Bartholomew
- Annuario code
- 001003061
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 215,301
- Population
- 640,200
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 33.6%
- Priests
- 157
- Catholics per priest
- 1,371
- Extent
- 2,323 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 93
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
- Vincent Barwa
- Born
- 18 October 1953
- Birthplace
- Rengarih
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 Anne, Simdega stands in Simdega, 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 Archdiocese 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 KhuntiKhunti
- Diocese of Port BlairPort Blair
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
A rural diocese set on the plateau of Chhota Nagpur, Simdega (Latin: Simdegaën(sis)) occupies the Simdega district of Jharkhand and forms part of the ecclesiastical province of Ranchi in India.
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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.