VATICAN CITY, MAR 23, 2006 (VIS) - The Holy Father:
- Erected the new diocese of Jashpur (area 5,838, population 739,780, Catholics 185,485, priests 155, religious 347) India, with territory taken from the diocese of Raigarh, making it a suffragan of the metropolitan church of Raipur. He appointed Bishop Victor Kindo of Raigarh as first bishop of the new diocese.
- Appointed Msgr. Paul Toppo, vicar general of Raigarh, India, as bishop of the same diocese (area 7,072, population 1,265,084, Catholics 56,640, priests 51, religious 92). The bishop-elect was born in Garla, India in 1957 and ordained a priest in 1988.
ECE:NER/.../KINDO:TOPPO VIS 20060323 (110)
- Erected the new diocese of Jashpur (area 5,838, population 739,780, Catholics 185,485, priests 155, religious 347) India, with territory taken from the diocese of Raigarh, making it a suffragan of the metropolitan church of Raipur. He appointed Bishop Victor Kindo of Raigarh as first bishop of the new diocese.
- Appointed Msgr. Paul Toppo, vicar general of Raigarh, India, as bishop of the same diocese (area 7,072, population 1,265,084, Catholics 56,640, priests 51, religious 92). The bishop-elect was born in Garla, India in 1957 and ordained a priest in 1988.
ECE:NER/.../KINDO:TOPPO VIS 20060323 (110)
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