The Roman Catholic Diocese of Dumka ( la, Dumkaën(sis)) is a suffragan Latin

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in the

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of the Metropolitan of Ranchi in India's

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 . I ...

state. Its episcopal see is the

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of St. Paul in the city of

Dumka Dumka ( Santali: ᱫᱩᱢᱠᱟᱹ), the headquarters of the Dumka district and Santhal Pargana region, is a city in the state of Jharkhand, India. It was made the headquarters of the Santhal Pargana region, which was carved out of the Bh ...

History

* 17 January 1952: Established as the

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of Malda on territory split off from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Calcutta * 8 August 1962: Promoted as Diocese of Dumka * Lost territory on 8 June 1978 to establish the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Raiganj The Roman Catholic Diocese of Raiganj ( la, Raigangen(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Raiganj in the Ecclesiastical province of Calcutta in India. History * June 8, 1978: Established as the Diocese of Raiganj from the Diocese of Dum ...

, to which the incumbent bishop moved * Lost territory on 27 June to establish the Roman Catholic Diocese of Purnea

Ordinaries

(all Latin, Roman Rite) ; ''Apostolic Prefect of Malda'' * Fr. Adam Grossi, Society of Foreign Missions (P.M.E.) (March 28, 1952 – 1962) ; ''Bishops of Dumka'' * Leo Tigga,

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(S.J.) (August 8, 1962 – June 8, 1978), later Bishop of split-off

(India) (1978.06.08 – 1986.01.29) *

Telesphore Placidus Toppo Telesphore Placidus Toppo (born 15 October 1939) is an Indian cardinal and was the archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ranchi from 1984 until his resignation was accepted on 24 June 2018. A polyglot, Toppo speaks Sadri, Oraon ( ...

(June 8, 1978 – November 8, 1984), later

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of Ranchi (India) (1984.11.08 – 1985.08.07), succeeding as Metropolitan Archbishop of Ranchi (1985.08.07 – ...), Vice-President of Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (1998 – 2002), President of Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (2002 – 2005),

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of S. Cuore di Gesù agonizzante a Vitinia (2003.10.21 004.05.23– ...), President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (2004.01.12 – 2008.02.19), Member of Commission of Cardinals overseeing the Institute for Works of Religion (2008.02.24 – 2014.01.15), President of Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (2011.01.12 – 2013.02), Member of Council of Cardinals for the Study of Organisational and Economic Problems of the Apostolic See (2012.06.23 – 2014.02.24) * Stephen M. Tiru (April 18, 1986 – April 1, 1995), later Bishop of

Khunti Khunti is the headquarter of Khunti district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. It is in South Chotanagpur division and one of the 24 districts in the Indian state of Jharkhand. The district of Khunti was carved out of Ranchi district on 12 Sept ...

(India) (1995.04.01 – 2012.03.03) * Julius Marandi (June 14, 1997 – ...)

References

Sources and external links

GCatholic.org, with incumbent biography links

Catholic Hierarchy
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