Roman Catholic Diocese of Dumka - Revision history

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->Inter&anthro: the catholic populaiton of this diocese is nowhere even close to a million, and the math is all wrong. Adding the info found in the two external links.

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the catholic populaiton of this diocese is nowhere even close to a million, and the math is all wrong. Adding the info found in the two external links.

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	\|area_km2 = 14,356		\|area_km2 = 14,356
	\|population = 42,96,~~787~~		\|population = 4,639,640
	\|population_as_of = ~~2016~~		\|population_as_of = 2018
	\|catholics = 1,~~70,473~~		\|catholics = 190,606
	\|catholics_percent= 3		\|catholics_percent= 4.1
	\|pope = {{Incumbent pope}}		\|pope = {{Incumbent pope}}
	\|bishop = [[Julius Marandi]]		\|bishop = [[Julius Marandi]]

>BrownHairedGirl: removed Category:1952 establishments in India; added Category:1952 establishments in Bihar using HotCat

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{{more citations needed|date=October 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}
{{Infobox diocese
|jurisdiction = Diocese
|name = Dumka
|latin = Dioecesis Dumkaënsis
|local = दुमका के सूबा
|country = {{flag|India}}
|province = [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ranchi|Ranchi]]
|metropolitan = [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ranchi|Ranchi]]
|rite = [[Latin Rite]]
|cathedral = Cathedral of St Paul in [[Dumka]]
|cocathedral =
|area_km2 = 14,356
|population = 42,96,787
|population_as_of = 2016
|catholics = 1,70,473
|catholics_percent= 3
|pope = {{Incumbent pope}}
|bishop = [[Julius Marandi]]
|metro_archbishop = [[Telesphore Toppo]]
|coadjutor =
|auxiliary_bishops=
}}

The '''Roman Catholic Diocese of Dumka''' ({{lang-la| Dumkaën(sis)}}) is a [[suffragan]] Latin [[diocese]] in the [[Ecclesiastical province]] of the Metropolitan of [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ranchi|Ranchi]] in India's [[Jharkhand]] state.

Its episcopal see is the [[cathedral]] of St. Paul in the city of [[Dumka]].

== History ==
* 17 January 1952: Established as the '''[[Apostolic Prefecture]] of Malda''' on territory split off from the Metropolitan [[Archdiocese of Calcutta]]
* 8 August 1962: Promoted as '''Diocese''' of Dumka
* Lost territory on 8 June 1978 to establish the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Raiganj]], to which the incumbent bishop moved
* Lost territory on 27 June to establish the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Purnea]]

== Ordinaries ==
(all Latin, [[Roman Rite]])
; ''Apostolic Prefect of Malda''
* Fr. [[Adam Grossi]], [[Société des Missions-Étrangères du Québec|Society of Foreign Missions]] (P.M.E.) (March 28, 1952 – 1962)

; ''Bishops of Dumka''
* [[Leo Tigga]], [[Society of Jesus]] (S.J.) (August 8, 1962 – June 8, 1978), later Bishop of split-off [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Raiganj]] (India) (1978.06.08 – 1986.01.29)
* [[Telesphore Placidus Toppo]] (June 8, 1978 – November 8, 1984), later [[Coadjutor Archbishop]] of [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ranchi|Ranchi]] (India) (1984.11.08 – 1985.08.07), succeeding as Metropolitan Archbishop of Ranchi (1985.08.07 – ...), Vice-President of Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (1998 – 2002), President of Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (2002 – 2005), [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|Cardinal-priest]] of [[S. Cuore di Gesù agonizzante a Vitinia]] (2003.10.21 [2004.05.23] – ...), President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (2004.01.12 – 2008.02.19), Member of [[Commission of Cardinals overseeing the Institute for Works of Religion]] (2008.02.24 – 2014.01.15), President of Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (2011.01.12 – 2013.02), Member of [[Council of Cardinals for the Study of Organisational and Economic Problems of the Apostolic See]] (2012.06.23 – 2014.02.24)
* [[Stephen M. Tiru]] (April 18, 1986 – April 1, 1995), later Bishop of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Khunti|Khunti]] (India) (1995.04.01 – 2012.03.03)
* Julius Marandi (June 14, 1997 – ...)

==References==

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==Sources and external links==
* [http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/dumk0.htm GCatholic.org, with incumbent biography links] [[Wikipedia:SPS|{{sup|[''self-published'']}}]]
* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/ddumk.html Catholic Hierarchy] [[Wikipedia:SPS|{{sup|[''self-published'']}}]]
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