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Diocese of Gumla

Rite:

Latin

Population:

1,025,656

Status:

Diocese

Catholics:

162285

Founded:

28-May-93

Diocesan Priests:

108

Total area:

3000Sq.km

Religious Priests:

Province:

Ranchi

Religious Sisters:

243

Region:

Jharkhand

Seminarians:

Patron:

St. Patrick

Languages:

Hindi Sadri Khriya Oraon Mundari

Civil States:

Jharkhand: Gumla and part of Simdega

Contact Diocese Office :

Bishop's House Gumla Post - 835 207 Dist. Gumla JHARKHAND.

Telephone 1:

06524-22 32 28 / 06524-22 33 05

Fax:

22 33 05

E-Mail Office:

aloispaul@yahoo.com

Website:

Most Rev., Bishops of Gumla

Name:

Most Rev.

Designation:

Bishops

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History of the Diocese of Gumla

The Diocese of Gumla was erected on-May 28 1993-by Pope John Paul II with territory taken from the Archdiocese of Ranchi. The Catholic Diocese of Gumla consists of the civil sub-division of Gumla.

The Catholic population of this diocese comprises of-scheduled-tribes chiefly Kharias Mundas Oraons and Baraiks.

Most Rev. Michael Minj SJ was appointed the first Bishop of Gumla.-

Prelates of the Diocese of Gumla

Bishops Name	Prelate's Status	Period	Bishops Name	Prelate's Status	Period
	Bishops	2006-2021