Diocese of Khunti
Khuntien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Khunti, India
Latin-rite diocese in Jharkhand, India, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Ranchi. Established 1 April 1995 from the Archdiocese of Ranchi. Its seat is the Cathedral of St Michael in Khunti.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1 April 1995
- Latin
- Khuntien(sis)
- Patron
- São Miguel Arcanjo
- Annuario code
- 001001845
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 81,989
- Population
- 872,569
- Catholic share
- 9.4%
- Priests
- 106
- Catholics per priest
- 773
- Extent
- 3,765 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 22
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
- Binay Kandulna
- Born
- 3 January 1964
- Birthplace
- Gondra
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
St Michael's Cathedral, Khunti stands in Khunti, 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 DaltonganjDaltonganj
- Diocese of DumkaDumka
- Diocese of GumlaGumla
- Diocese of HazaribagHazaribag
- Diocese of JamshedpurJamshedpur
- Diocese of Port BlairPort Blair
- Diocese of SimdegaSimdega
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
How to reach it
- Chancery
- Bishop’s House, Saint Michael’s Church, Torpa Road, P.O. Khunti-835210, Jharkhand, India
- Telephone
- 776.2041.441
- [email protected]
This see keeps no website of its own, so its chancery is published here: withholding it would protect nothing and leave a reader with nowhere to go. Where a see publishes its own site, the register sends you there instead.
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 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
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].