Diocese of

Hazaribag

India India

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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 โ€“ Dhori Mata

Liturgical Calendar (National) ๐Ÿ“…

History

Present Prelates

Bishop (2012.09.08 โ€“ ...):Bishop Anand Jojo (65)Bishop Anand Jojo (65)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Hazaribag (Roman Rite)

Bishop Anand Jojo (65)Bishop Anand Jojo (65)
(2012.09.08 โ€“ ...)

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 โ€“ 1993.05.28)

Priest of Simdega (India) (1993.05.28 โ€“ 2012.09.08)

Bishop of Hazaribag (India) (2012.09.08 โ€“ ...)

Apostolic Administrator of Daltonganj (India) (2016.07.07 โ€“ 2021.12.08)

Bishop Charles Soreng, S.J.
(1995.04.01 โ€“ 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 โ€  84)

Bishop of Daltonganj (India) (1989.10.23 โ€“ 1995.04.01)

Bishop of Hazaribag (India) (1995.04.01 โ€“ 2012.09.08)

Special Churches

Daltonganj (โ†), Patna (โ†‘), Bhagalpur (โ†—), Dumka (โ†’), Ranchi (โ†“)

Statistics (2021.12.31)

Area: 16,918 kmยฒ

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

Population

Pastoral Centres

Priests

Religious

Seminarians

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