Diocese of

Jamshedpur

India India

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Jamshedpur / Iamshedpuren(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Ranchi

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: St. Joseph the Worker

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

Present Prelates

Bishop (2021.11.01 – ...):Bishop Telesphore Bilung, S.V.D. (63)Bishop Telesphore Bilung, S.V.D. (63)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Jamshedpur (Roman Rite)

Bishop Telesphore Bilung, S.V.D. (63)Bishop Telesphore Bilung, S.V.D. (63)
(2021.11.01 – ...)

Bishop of Jamshedpur (India)

Born:1961.04.15 (Sargidipa, India)
Ordained Priest:1992.05.02
Consecrated Bishop:2014.08.30

Titular Bishop of Rutabo (2014.05.06 – 2021.11.01)

Auxiliary Bishop of Ranchi (India) (2014.05.06 – 2021.11.01)

Apostolic Administrator of Jamshedpur (India) (2019.06.20 – 2021.11.01)

Bishop of Jamshedpur (India) (2021.11.01 – ...)

Bishop Telesphore Bilung, S.V.D. (63)Bishop Telesphore Bilung, S.V.D. (63)
(Apostolic Administrator 2019.06.20 – 2021.11.01)

Archbishop Felix Toppo, S.J. (77)Bishop Felix Toppo, S.J. (77) (later Archbishop)
(1997.06.14 – 2018.06.24)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Ranchi (India)

Adveniat regnum tuum

Born:1947.11.21 (Tongo, India)
Ordained Priest:1982.04.14
Consecrated Bishop:1997.09.27

Bishop of Jamshedpur (India) (1997.06.14 – 2018.06.24)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Ranchi (India) (2018.06.24 – 2023.12.30)

Bishop Joseph Robert Rodericks, S.J.
(1970.06.25 – 1996.01.09)

Born:1927.06.07 (India)
Ordained Priest:1958.03.24
Consecrated Bishop:1971.01.09
Died:2010.07.14 († 83)

Bishop of Jamshedpur (India) (1970.06.25 – 1996.01.09)

General Secretary of Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (1991 – 1994)

Archbishop Lawrence Trevor Picachy, S.J. (later Cardinal)
(Apostolic Administrator 1969.05.29 – 1970.06.25)

Bishop Lawrence Trevor Picachy, S.J. (later Cardinal)
(1962.07.12 – 1969.05.29)

Adveniat regnum tuum

Born:1916.08.07 (Darjeeling, India)
Ordained Priest:1947.11.21
Consecrated Bishop:1962.09.09
Created Cardinal:1976.05.24
Died:1992.11.29 (Calcutta, India † 76)

Bishop of Jamshedpur (India) (1962.07.12 – 1969.05.29)

Apostolic Administrator of Jamshedpur (India) (1969.05.29 – 1970.06.25)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Calcutta (India) (1969.05.29 – 1986.04.05)

President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (1976 – 1982)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Cuore di Maria (1976.05.24 – 1992.11.29)

Special Churches

Rourkela (↙), Simdega (←), Khunti (←), Ranchi (↖), Calcutta (→), Balasore (↘)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 21,003 km²

Population: 73,000 Catholics (0.6% of 11,830,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 38 parishes, 2 missions

Personnel: 199 priests (73 diocesan, 126 religious), 469 religious (151 brothers, 318 sisters), 26 seminarians

Population

Pastoral Centres

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Religious

Seminarians

Last updated on 2025.01.27

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