Diocese of Daltonganj
Daltonganien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Daltonganj, India
The Diocese of Daltonganj is a Latin rite diocese in Jharkhand, India, erected on 5 June 1971 and suffragan of the Archdiocese of Ranchi. Its cathedral is the Shanti ki Maharani (Queen of Peace) church in Medininagar.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 5 June 1971
- Latin
- Daltonganien(sis)
- Patron
- Shanti Ki Maharani
- Annuario code
- 001001267
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 69,200
- Population
- 3,358,000
- Catholic share
- 2.1%
- Priests
- 146
- Catholics per priest
- 474
- Extent
- 2,750 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 25
of the people living within its bounds
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
- Theodore Mascarenhas
- Born
- 9 November 1960
- Birthplace
- Bombay
- Institute
- SOCIETÀ DEI MISSIONARI DI S. FRANCESCO SAVERIO (SOCIETÀ DEL PILAR)
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
Shanti ki Maharani Cathedral, Medininagar stands in Daltonganj, 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 DumkaDumka
- Diocese of GumlaGumla
- Diocese of HazaribagHazaribag
- Diocese of JamshedpurJamshedpur
- Diocese of KhuntiKhunti
- Diocese of Port BlairPort Blair
- Diocese of SimdegaSimdega
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Seated in the city of Daltonganj in India, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Daltonganj (Latin: Daltonganien(sis)) belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Ranchi.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].