Diocese of Simdega, India

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Simdega / Simdegaën(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Ranchi

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Bartholomew

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1993.05.28: Established as Diocese of Simdega / Simdegaën(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ranchi and became suffragan of Ranchi)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2008.02.11 – ...):

Bishop Vincent Barwa (71)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Simdega (Roman Rite)

Bishop Vincent Barwa (71)
(2008.02.11 – ...)

Bishop of Simdega (India)

Vis amoris Domini

Born:	1953.10.18 (Rengarih, India)
Ordained Priest:	1984.05.02
Consecrated Bishop:	1998.11.08

Priest of Ranchi (India) (1984.05.02 – 1998.06.27)

Bishop of Purnea (India) (1998.06.27 – 2004.09.29)

Titular Bishop of Acufida (2004.09.29 – 2008.02.11)

Auxiliary Bishop of Ranchi (India) (2004.09.29 – 2008.02.11)

Bishop of Simdega (India) (2008.02.11 – ...)

Bishop Joseph Minj
(1993.05.28 – 2008.02.11)

Love and charity for all

Born:	1932.10.17 (India)
Ordained Priest:	1960.07.10
Consecrated Bishop:	1993.08.24
Died:	2018.08.16 († 85)

Bishop of Simdega (India) (1993.05.28 – 2008.02.11)

Special Churches

Cathedral: St. Anne Cathedral, Simdega, Jhārkhand

Jashpur (↖), Gumla (↑), Khunti (↗), Jamshedpur (→), Rourkela (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 3,761 km²

Population: 217,450 Catholics (31.4% of 692,200 total)

Pastoral Centres: 37 parishes

Personnel: 154 priests (114 diocesan, 40 religious), 382 religious (105 brothers, 277 sisters), 28 seminarians

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