Suffragan diocese Simdega, India
Diocese of Simdega
Simdegaën(sis)
Latin Church
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.
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- Established
- 1993
- Catholics
- 215,301
- Priests
- 157
- Territory
- 2,323 km²
Parishes and churches
23 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- St. Anne's CathedralSamtoli · CathedralView parish
- Catholic Mission, KochedegaKochedegaView parish
- Catholic Parish, BiruBiruView parish
- Catholic Parish, SalgaposeSalgaposeView parish
- Catholic Parish, TumdegiTumdegiView parish
- Christ the King ChurchBankiView parish
- Don Bosco Church, JamtoliJamtoliView parish
- Holy Cross ChurchBongeraView parish
- Immaculate Conception Church, JharianJharianView parish
- Immaculate Conception Church, KutungiaKutungiaView parish
- Our Lady of Seven Dolours ChurchBarwadihView parish
- Our Lady the Queen Church, KhanjaloyaKhanjaloyaView parish
- Sacred Heart Catholic ChurchKurdegView parish
- Sacred Heart Catholic ChurchLachragarhView parish
- Ss. Peter & Paul Catholic ChurchTamraView parish
- St. Anthony Church, RengarihRengarihView parish
- St. John Vianney Catholic ChurchJaldegaView parish
- St. Joseph Catholic ChurchJampaniView parish
- St. Joseph Catholic ChurchDhingurpaniView parish
- St. Paul's Church, TatiTatiView parish
- St. Sophia Barat Church, GangutoliGangutoliView parish
- St. Thomas Catholic ChurchMuriaView parish
- Virgin Mary of the Poor Catholic ChurchBanabiraView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Vincent Barwa
- Born
- 18 October 1953
- Birthplace
- Rengarih
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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.
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.