Roman Catholic Diocese of Dumka explained

Jurisdiction:	Diocese
Dumka
Latin:	Dioecesis Dumkaënsis
Local:	दुमका के सूबा ᱫᱩᱢᱠᱟᱹ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱰᱟᱭᱳᱥᱤᱥ
Denomination:	Catholic Church
Sui Iuris Church:	Latin Church
Rite:	Roman Rite
Cathedral:	Cathedral of St Paul in Dumka
Area Km2:	14,356
Population:	4,542,658
Population As Of:	2022
Catholics:	207,336
Catholics Percent:	4.6
Metro Archbishop:	Felix Toppo
Parishes:	73

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

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 – ...)