Diocese of Raigarh
Raigarhen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Raigarh, India
Latin-rite diocese in Chhattisgarh, India, erected 13 December 1951 as the Diocese of Raigarh-Ambikapur from the Dioceses of Nagpur and Ranchi, and renamed Raigarh on 10 November 1977 when Ambikapur was split off. A suffragan of the Archdiocese of Raipur with its bishop's house at Kunkuri, its seat is the Cathedral of St. Michael in Raigarh, serving about 61,800 Catholics (2010).
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 10 November 1977
- Latin
- Raigarhen(sis)
- Patron
- St. Michael the Archangel
- Annuario code
- 001002714
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 61,770
- Population
- 1,367,000
- Catholic share
- 4.5%
- Priests
- 74
- Catholics per priest
- 835
- Extent
- 7,086 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 8.7
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
- Paul Toppo
- Born
- 30 June 1957
- Birthplace
- Garla
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
Cathedral of St. Michael, Raigarh stands in Raigarh, 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 Raipur
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Raipur.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of RaipurRaipur
- Diocese of AmbikapurAmbikapur
- Diocese of JashpurJashpur
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Raigarh (Latin: Raigarhen(sis)) is a diocese within the ecclesiastical province of Raipur in India. Its seat is the Bishop's House at Kunkuri, Raigarh.
How to reach it
- Chancery
- Bishop’s House, St. Michael's Church, Rambhata, Raigarh-496001, Chhattisgarh, India
- [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].