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Diocese of Jamshedpur

Dioecesis Iamshedpurensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Telesphore Bilung, S.V.D., Bishop

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 2 July 1962
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Ranchi
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: India
  • Square Kilometers: 21,003 (8,112 Square Miles)
  • Official Web Site: http://www.jamshedpurdiocese.org/
  • Mailing Address: Bishop's House, Golmuri P.O., Jamshedpur-831003, Jharkhand, India
  • Telephone: (0657)2340.298
  • Fax: 2341.279

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
2 July 1962ErectedArchdiocese of Calcutta (Dhanbad, Purulia, and Eastern half of Singbhum)
Archdiocese of Ranchi (Western half of Singbhum)
Diocese of Jamshedpur (erected)
11 January 1966Territory LostDiocese of Jamshedpur (Anandpur and Bandgaon) Archdiocese of Ranchi

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
196917,2755,550,000.3%4333746639997ap1971
198031,7716,424,000.5%1749664818417315ap1981
199043,2006,346,500.7%39519048010835425ap1991
199958,0009,000,500.6%53641174958320127ap2000
200055,25011,683,629.5%56671234498631828ap2001
200160,0009,200,000.7%598714641012231829ap2002
200260,0009,200,000.7%588214042811225230ap2003
200360,0009,200,000.7%568113743710925631ap2004
200460,0009,200,000.7%578113843415125531ap2005
200661,6169,202,000.7%567813445911125431ap2007
201367,82810,052,000.7%5611417039815431634ap2014
201669,21010,101,542.7%6811818637215732837ap2017
201970,12111,202,560.6%6612118737415332638ap2020
202171,32011,209,866.6%6712919636315932438ap2022

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 55, Page 809, and Page 810

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