Suffragan diocese Gumla, India
Diocese of Gumla
Gumlaën(sis)
Latin Church
The Diocese of Gumla is a Latin rite diocese in Jharkhand, India, erected on 28 May 1993 and suffragan of the Archdiocese of Ranchi. Its seat is the Cathedral of St Patrick in Gumla.
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- Established
- 1993
- Catholics
- 195,000
- Priests
- 190
- Territory
- 5,316 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
- Linus Pingal Ekka
- Born
- 23 September 1961
- Birthplace
- Chainpur
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The cathedral
Cathedral of St Patrick, Gumla stands in Gumla, 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
Seated in the city of Gumla in India, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Gumla (Latin: Gumlaën(sis)) belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Ranchi.