Archdiocese of Ranchi
Ranchien(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Ranchi, India
Latin-rite metropolitan archdiocese in Jharkhand, India, erected as a diocese in 1927 from the Archdiocese of Calcutta and elevated to archdiocese in 1953. Its seat is St. Mary's Cathedral in Ranchi, with suffragans Daltonganj, Dumka, Gumla, Hazaribag, Jamshedpur, Khunti, Port Blair, and Simdega. Catholics number about 177,200 (2022).
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 19 September 1953
- Latin
- Ranchien(sis)
- Patron
- St. Francis Xavier
- Annuario code
- 001002721
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 177,189
- Population
- 3,703,427
- Catholic share
- 4.8%
- Priests
- 277
- Catholics per priest
- 640
- Extent
- 5,299 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 33
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
- Archbishop
- Vincent Aind
- Born
- 30 January 1956
- Birthplace
- Gangutia Tea Estate
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. Mary's Cathedral, Ranchi stands in Ranchi, 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
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of DaltonganjDaltonganj
- Diocese of DumkaDumka
- Diocese of GumlaGumla
- Diocese of HazaribagHazaribag
- Diocese of JamshedpurJamshedpur
- Diocese of KhuntiKhunti
- Diocese of Port BlairPort Blair
- Diocese of SimdegaSimdega
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Covering the Ranchi and Lohardaga districts of Jharkhand state, India, the Ranchi Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese (Latin: Archidioecesis Metropolitae Ranchiensis) traces its founding to a decree of the Holy See of 25 May 1927, which separated it from the Calcutta Archdiocese as a new diocese with its episcopal seat at Ranchi. It was raised to an archdiocese in 1953. The archdiocese declares that it "subscribes to ahimsa and satyagraha".
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 chancery's address, telephone and email, 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
The see's own website · Wikipedia
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].