Diocese of Hazaribag, India

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Hazaribag / Hazaribagan(us) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Ranchi

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Our Lady of Mines – Dhori Mata

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1995.04.01: Established as Diocese of Hazaribag / Hazaribagan(us) (Latin) (from Diocese of Daltonganj and became suffragan of Ranchi)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2012.09.08 – ...):

Bishop Anand Jojo (65)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Hazaribag (Roman Rite)

Bishop Anand Jojo (65)
(2012.09.08 – ...)

Bishop of Hazaribag (India)

Feed my sheep

Born:	1959.05.17 (Minjiutgarha-Kutungia, India)
Ordained Priest:	1992.04.24
Consecrated Bishop:	2012.11.21

Priest of Ranchi (India) (1992.04.24 – 1993.05.28)

Priest of Simdega (India) (1993.05.28 – 2012.09.08)

Bishop of Hazaribag (India) (2012.09.08 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of Daltonganj (India) (2016.07.07 – 2021.12.08)

Bishop Charles Soreng, S.J.
(1995.04.01 – 2012.09.08)

We need a merciful Father

Born:	1934.08.18 (Chirratoli, India)
Ordained Priest:	1969.03.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1990.02.09
Died:	2019.01.11 (Ranchi, India † 84)

Bishop of Daltonganj (India) (1989.10.23 – 1995.04.01)

Bishop of Hazaribag (India) (1995.04.01 – 2012.09.08)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of the Resurrection, Hazaribag, Jhārkhand

Daltonganj (←), Patna (↑), Bhagalpur (↗), Dumka (→), Ranchi (↓)

Statistics (2021.12.31)

Area: 16,918 km²

Population: 44,400 Catholics (0.8% of 5,545,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 25 parishes, 8 missions

Personnel: 167 priests (60 diocesan, 107 religious), 558 religious (139 brothers, 419 sisters), 22 seminarians

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