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Suffragan diocese Jamshedpur, India

Diocese of Jamshedpur

Iamshedpuren(sis)

Latin-rite diocese in Jharkhand, India, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Ranchi. Established 2 July 1962 from the Archdiocese of Calcutta. Its seat is the Cathedral of St Joseph the Worker in Jamshedpur.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Cathedral of St Joseph the Worker, Jamshedpur, in Jamshedpur, India.

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Established
1962
Catholics
73,000
Priests
199
Territory
21,003 km²

Parishes and churches

45 listed churches 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
Telesphore Bilung, SVD

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The cathedral

Cathedral of St Joseph the Worker, Jamshedpur stands in Jamshedpur, 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

Centered on the city of Jamshedpur in India, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Jamshedpur (Latin: Iamshedpuren(sis)) belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Ranchi.