Diocese of Simdega
Simdegaën(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Simdega, India
Latin-rite diocese in Jharkhand, India, erected 28 May 1993 from the Archdiocese of Ranchi, of which it is a suffragan. Its seat is the Cathedral of St Anne in Simdega, in a heavily tribal region where Catholics are about a third of the population.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 28 May 1993
- Latin
- Simdegaën(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001003061
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 215,301
- Population
- 640,200
- Catholic share
- 33.6%
- Priests
- 157
- Catholics per priest
- 1,371
- Extent
- 2,323 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 93
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
- Vincent Barwa
- Born
- 18 October 1953
- Birthplace
- Rengarih
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 Anne, Simdega stands in Simdega, 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 Archdiocese 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 KhuntiKhunti
- Diocese of Port BlairPort Blair
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
A rural diocese set on the plateau of Chhota Nagpur, Simdega (Latin: Simdegaën(sis)) occupies the Simdega district of Jharkhand and forms part of the ecclesiastical province of Ranchi in India.
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].