Roman Catholic Diocese of Dumka

Diocese of Dumka Dioecesis Dumkaënsis दुमका के सूबा ᱫᱩᱢᱠᱟᱹ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱰᱟᱭᱳᱥᱤᱥ
Location
Country	India
Ecclesiastical province	Ranchi
Statistics
Area	14,356 km2 (5,543 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2022) 4,542,658 207,336 (4.6%)
Parishes	73
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Cathedral	Cathedral of St Paul in Dumka
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Julius Marandi
Metropolitan Archbishop	Felix Toppo

The Diocese of Dumka (Latin: Dumkaën(sis)) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church in India's Jharkhand state. It is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Ranchi.

Its episcopal see is the cathedral of St. Paul in the city of Dumka.

History

• 17 January 1952: Established as the Apostolic Prefecture of Malda on territory split off from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Calcutta
• 8 August 1962: Promoted as Diocese of Dumka
• Lost territory on 8 June 1978 to establish the Roman Catholic Diocese of Raiganj, to which the incumbent bishop moved
• Lost territory on 27 June to establish the Roman Catholic Diocese of Purnea

Ordinaries

Apostolic Prefect of Malda

• Fr. Adam Grossi, Society of Foreign Missions (P.M.E.) (March 28, 1952 – 1962)

Bishops of Dumka

• Leo Tigga, Society of Jesus (S.J.) (August 8, 1962 – June 8, 1978), later Bishop of split-off Roman Catholic Diocese of Raiganj (India) (1978.06.08 – 1986.01.29)
• Telesphore Placidus Toppo (June 8, 1978 – November 8, 1984), later Coadjutor Archbishop of Ranchi (India) (1984.11.08 – 1985.08.07), succeeding as Metropolitan Archbishop of Ranchi (1985.08.07 – ...), Vice-President of Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (1998 – 2002), President of Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (2002 – 2005), Cardinal-priest of S. Cuore di Gesù agonizzante a Vitinia (2003.10.21 [2004.05.23] – ...), President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (2004.01.12 – 2008.02.19), Member of Commission of Cardinals overseeing the Institute for Works of Religion (2008.02.24 – 2014.01.15), President of Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (2011.01.12 – 2013.02), Member of Council of Cardinals for the Study of Organisational and Economic Problems of the Apostolic See (2012.06.23 – 2014.02.24)
• Stephen M. Tiru (April 18, 1986 – April 1, 1995), later Bishop of Khunti (India) (1995.04.01 – 2012.03.03)
• Julius Marandi (June 14, 1997 – ...)

Sources and external links

• GCatholic.org, with incumbent biography links ^{[self-published]}
• Catholic Hierarchy ^{[self-published]}