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| | #REDIRECT [[Diocese of Dumka]] |
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| |jurisdiction = Diocese
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| |name = Dumka
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| |latin = Dioecesis Dumkaënsis
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| |local = दुमका के सूबा
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| |country = {{flag|India}}
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| |province = [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ranchi|Ranchi]]
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| |metropolitan = [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ranchi|Ranchi]]
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| |rite = [[Latin Rite]]
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| |cathedral = Cathedral of St Paul in [[Dumka]]
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| |area_km2 = 14,356
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| |population = 42,96,787
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| |population_as_of = 2016
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| |catholics = 1,70,473
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| |catholics_percent= 3
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| |pope = {{Incumbent pope}}
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| |bishop = [[Julius Marandi]]
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| |metro_archbishop = [[Telesphore Toppo]]
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| |coadjutor =
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| 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.
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| Its episcopal see is the [[cathedral]] of St. Paul in the city of [[Dumka]].
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| == History ==
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| * 17 January 1952: Established as the '''[[Apostolic Prefecture]] of Malda''' on territory split off from the Metropolitan [[Archdiocese of Calcutta]]
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| * 8 August 1962: Promoted as '''Diocese''' of Dumka
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| * Lost territory on 8 June 1978 to establish the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Raiganj]], to which the incumbent bishop moved
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| * Lost territory on 27 June to establish the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Purnea]]
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| == Ordinaries ==
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| (all Latin, [[Roman Rite]])
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| ; ''Apostolic Prefect of Malda''
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| * Fr. [[Adam Grossi]], [[Société des Missions-Étrangères du Québec|Society of Foreign Missions]] (P.M.E.) (March 28, 1952 – 1962)
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| ; ''Bishops of Dumka''
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| * [[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)
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| * [[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)
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| * [[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)
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| * Julius Marandi (June 14, 1997 – ...)
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| ==References==
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| ==Sources and external links==
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| * [http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/dumk0.htm GCatholic.org, with incumbent biography links] [[Wikipedia:SPS|{{sup|[''self-published'']}}]]
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| * [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/ddumk.html Catholic Hierarchy] [[Wikipedia:SPS|{{sup|[''self-published'']}}]]
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| [[Category:Roman Catholic dioceses in India]]
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| [[Category:Christian organizations established in 1952]]
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| [[Category:Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century]]
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| [[Category:1952 establishments in Bihar]]
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| [[Category:Christianity in Jharkhand]]
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| [[Category:Dumka district]]
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