Continent: South and East Asia
Rite: Roman (Latin)
Type: Diocese ![]()
Name: Jamshedpur / Iamshedpuren(sis) (Latin)
Ecclesiastical Province: Ranchi
Neighbouring Dioceses: Rourkela (↙), Simdega (←), Khunti (←), Ranchi (↖), Calcutta (→), Balasore (↘)
Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation
Patron Saint: St. Joseph the Worker
Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅
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| Bishops of Jamshedpur (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||||
Bishop of Jamshedpur (India)
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Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Ranchi (India)
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Bishop Joseph Robert Rodericks, S.J.
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Archbishop Lawrence Trevor Picachy, S.J. (later Cardinal) | ||||||||||||
Bishop Lawrence Trevor Picachy, S.J. (later Cardinal)
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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
Last updated on 2026.03.30
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