Diocese of Daltonganj, India 🇮🇳

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Daltonganj / Daltonganien(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Ranchi

Neighbouring Dioceses: Ambikapur (↙), Allahabad (↖), Buxar (↑), Patna (↗), Hazaribag (→), Ranchi (↘), Gumla (↘)

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Shanti Ki Maharani

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1971.06.05: Established as Diocese of Daltonganj / Daltonganien(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ranchi and became suffragan of Ranchi)
1995.04.01: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Hazaribag

Present Prelates

Bishop (2023.11.30 – ...):

Bishop Theodore Mascarenhas, S.F.X. (65)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Daltonganj (Roman Rite)

Bishop Theodore Mascarenhas, S.F.X. (65)
(2023.11.30 – ...)

Bishop of Daltonganj (India)

Born:	1960.11.09 (Camurlim, India)
Ordained Priest:	1988.04.24
Consecrated Bishop:	2014.08.30

Titular Bishop of Lysinia (2014.07.09 – 2023.11.30)

Auxiliary Bishop of Ranchi (India) (2014.07.09 – 2023.11.30)

General Secretary of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (2016.03 – 2020.02.18)

Apostolic Administrator of Daltonganj (India) (2021.12.08 – 2023.11.30)

Bishop of Daltonganj (India) (2023.11.30 – ...)

Bishop Theodore Mascarenhas, S.F.X. (65)
(Apostolic Administrator 2021.12.08 – 2023.11.30)

Bishop Anand Jojo (66)
(Apostolic Administrator 2016.07.07 – 2021.12.08)

Bishop Gabriel Kujur, S.J. (80)
(1997.03.03 – 2016.07.07)

Bishop emeritus of Daltonganj (India)

Heart to heart

Born:	1945.07.07 (Mahuadanr, India)
Ordained Priest:	1978.05.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1998.01.08

Bishop of Daltonganj (India) (1997.03.03 – 2016.07.07)

Bishop Charles Soreng, S.J.
(1989.10.23 – 1995.04.01)

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)

Bishop George Victor Saupin, S.J.
(1971.06.05 – 1987.11.30)

Born:	1923.08.20 (Hazaribagh, India)
Ordained Priest:	1958.03.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1971.10.13
Died:	1993.08.02 († 69)

Bishop of Daltonganj (India) (1971.06.05 – 1987.11.30)

Bishop of Bhagalpur (India) (1987.11.30 – 1993.08.02)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of Shanti ki Maharani, Daltonganj, Jhārkhand

Ambikapur (↙), Allahabad (↖), Buxar (↑), Patna (↗), Hazaribag (→), Ranchi (↘), Gumla (↘)

Statistics (2021.12.31)

Area: 2,750 km²

Population: 70,700 Catholics (2.1% of 3,426,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 23 parishes, 1 mission

Personnel: 146 priests (66 diocesan, 80 religious), 127 religious (113 brothers, 14 sisters), 12 seminarians