Suffragan diocese Purnea, India
Diocese of Purnea
Purneaën(sis)
Latin Church
Latin-rite diocese in northeastern Bihar, India, erected 27 June 1998 from the Diocese of Dumka, covering the Purnea, Katihar, Araria, and Kishanganj districts. Initially under Ranchi, it has been a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Patna since 1999, with St. Peter's Cathedral in Purnia as its seat and about 24,400 Catholics (2004).
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- Established
- 1998
- Catholics
- 24,391
- Priests
- 54
- Territory
- 15,733 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
- Francis Tirkey
- Born
- 6 June 1963
- Birthplace
- Jashpur
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The cathedral
St. Peter's Cathedral, Purnia stands in Purnea, 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
The city of Purnea is home to this diocese (Latin: Purneaen(sis)), a see within the ecclesiastical province of Patna in India.