Suffragan diocese Jashpur, India
Diocese of Jashpur
Iashpuren(sis)
Latin Church
Latin-rite diocese in Chhattisgarh, India, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Raipur. Erected 23 March 2006 from the Diocese of Raigarh. Its seat is the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary in Kunkuri, one of the largest churches in Asia.
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- Established
- 2006
- Catholics
- 185,666
- Priests
- 175
- Territory
- 6,457 km²
Parishes and churches
1 listed church in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
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The bishop
- Bishop
- Emmanuel Kerketta
- Born
- 16 March 1952
- Birthplace
- Gotmahua
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The cathedral
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary, Kunkuri stands in Jashpur, 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
Created on March 23, 2006 as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Raipur, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Jashpur (Latin: Dioecesis Jashpurensis) lies in India. Its first bishop, Mar Victor Kindo, previously bishop of Raigarh, died on 12 June 2008. On December 22, 2009 Pope Benedict XVI named Fr. Emmanuel Kerketta, the diocesan administrator and previous Vicar General, the new bishop of Jashpur.