Charles Soreng, born the 18 August 1934 in

Jharkhand Jharkhand (; ; ) is a state in eastern India. The state shares its border with the states of West Bengal to the east, Chhattisgarh to the west, Uttar Pradesh to the northwest, Bihar to the north and Odisha to the south. It has an area of . It ...

(

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) and died the 11 January 2019 in

Ranchi Ranchi (, ) is the capital of the Indian state of Jharkhand. Ranchi was the centre of the Jharkhand movement, which called for a separate state for the tribal regions of South Bihar, northern Odisha, western West Bengal and the eastern area ...

(India) was a

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Indian

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and director of the Ranchi seminary. Appointed

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Daltonganj Medininagar, formerly Daltonganj, is a city municipal corporation in the Indian state of Jharkhand. It is the headquarters of Palamu division and Palamu district, as well as the subdivision and block of the same name. The city is situated on th ...

in 1989 he was transferred to the new

diocese of Hazaribag The Roman Catholic Diocese of Hazaribag ( la, Hazaribagan(us)) is a diocese located in the city of Hazaribag in the Ecclesiastical province of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ranchi, Ranchi in India. History * April 1, 1995: Established as Dioce ...

in 1995.

Life

Soreng was born in

and was ordained to the

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in 1969. He served as bishop of the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Daltonganj The Roman Catholic Diocese of Daltonganj ( la, Daltonganien(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Daltonganj in the Ecclesiastical province of Ranchi in India. History * 5 June 1971: Established as Diocese of Daltonganj from the Metropoli ...

, India from 1989 to 1995 and as bishop of the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Hazaribag The Roman Catholic Diocese of Hazaribag ( la, Hazaribagan(us)) is a diocese located in the city of Hazaribag in the Ecclesiastical province of Ranchi in India. History * April 1, 1995: Established as Diocese of Hazaribag from the Diocese of Da ...

, India, from 1995 to 2012.Diocese of Hazaribag
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