Diocese of

Khunti

India India

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Khunti / Khuntien(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Ranchi

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

Patron Saint: St. Michael the Archangel

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

Present Prelates

Bishop (2012.11.30 – ...):Bishop Binay Kandulna (61)Bishop Binay Kandulna (61)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Khunti (Roman Rite)

Bishop Binay Kandulna (61)Bishop Binay Kandulna (61)
(2012.11.30 – ...)

Bishop of Khunti (India)

Duc in altum

Born:1964.01.03 (Gondra, India)
Ordained Priest:1994.04.23
Consecrated Bishop:2009.05.01

Priest of Khunti (India) (1994.04.23 – 2009.02.10)

Titular Bishop of Auzegera (2009.02.10 – 2012.11.30)

Auxiliary Bishop of Ranchi (India) (2009.02.10 – 2012.11.30)

Bishop of Khunti (India) (2012.11.30 – ...)

Bishop Stephen M. Tiru
(1995.04.01 – 2012.03.03)

Because of Jesus, I live

Born:1937.12.01 (India)
Ordained Priest:1969.05.04
Consecrated Bishop:1986.10.07
Died:2012.03.03 († 74)

Bishop of Dumka (India) (1986.04.18 – 1995.04.01)

Bishop of Khunti (India) (1995.04.01 – 2012.03.03)

Special Churches

Simdega (↙), Gumla (←), Ranchi (↑), Jamshedpur (→)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 3,765 km²

Population: 98,356 Catholics (10.2% of 961,040 total)

Pastoral Centres: 22 parishes, 1 mission

Personnel: 106 priests (41 diocesan, 65 religious), 285 religious (107 brothers, 178 sisters), 25 seminarians

Population

Pastoral Centres

Priests

Religious

Seminarians

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