Suffragan diocese Dumka, India
Diocese of Dumka
Dumkaën(sis)
Latin Church
The Diocese of Dumka is a Latin rite diocese in Jharkhand, India, erected in 1962 and suffragan of the Archdiocese of Ranchi. Its seat is the Cathedral of St Paul in Dumka.
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- Established
- 1962
- Catholics
- 207,336
- Priests
- 222
- Territory
- 14,356 km²
Parishes and churches
1 listed church in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Julius Marandi
- Born
- 8 June 1954
- Birthplace
- Belatanr
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The cathedral
Cathedral of St Paul, Dumka stands in Dumka, 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.
History
In India's Jharkhand state, the Diocese of Dumka (Latin: Dumkaën(sis)) is a Latin Church jurisdiction of the Catholic Church, suffragan to the metropolitan Archdiocese of Ranchi. The cathedral of St. Paul in the city of Dumka serves as its episcopal see.