Roman Catholic Diocese of Dumka

{{Short description|Catholic diocese in Jharkhand & West Bengal, India}}

{{Infobox diocese

|jurisdiction = Diocese

|name = Dumka

|latin = Dioecesis Dumkaënsis

|local = दुमका के सूबा
ᱫᱩᱢᱠᱟᱹ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱰᱟᱭᱳᱥᱤᱥ

|country = {{flag|India}}

|province = Ranchi

|metropolitan =

|denomination = Catholic Church

|sui_iuris_church = Latin Church

|cathedral = Cathedral of St Paul in Dumka

|cocathedral =

|area_km2 = 14,356

|population = 4,542,658

|population_as_of = 2022

|catholics = 207,336

|catholics_percent= 4.6

|pope = {{Incumbent pope}}

|metro_archbishop = Felix Toppo

|coadjutor =

|auxiliary_bishops=

|parishes=73}}

The Diocese of Dumka ({{langx|la| 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

;Apostolic Prefect of Malda

;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 – ...)

[http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/dumk0.htm GCatholic.org, with incumbent biography links] Wikipedia:SPS
[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/ddumk.html Catholic Hierarchy] Wikipedia:SPS