Date | Event | From | To |
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Prefecture Apostolic of Malda | |||
17 January 1952 | Erected | Diocese of Dinajpur (Malda and West Dinajpur) | Prefecture Apostolic of Malda (erected) |
Diocese of Dumka | |||
8 August 1962 | Elevated | Archdiocese of Calcutta (Parts of Purnea and Santal Parganas (Bihar))
Prefecture Apostolic of Malda | Diocese of Dumka |
8 June 1978 | Territory Lost | Diocese of Dumka (West Dinajpur and Maldo) | Diocese of Raiganj (erected) |
8 June 1978 | Metropolitan Changed | Diocese of Dumka (from Calcutta) | |
27 June 1998 | Territory Lost | Diocese of Dumka (Purnea, Katihar, Araria, and Kishanganj) | Diocese of Purnea (erected) |
Year | Catholics | Total Population | Percent Catholic | Diocesan Priests | Religious Priests | Total Priests | Catholics Per Priest | Permanent Deacons | Male Religious | Female Religious | Parishes | Source |
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Diocese of Dumka | ||||||||||||
1970 | 44,240 | 8,965,976 | .5% | 15 | 35 | 50 | 884 | 46 | 74 | 16 | ap1971 | |
1980 | 38,895 | 8,558,304 | .5% | 12 | 36 | 48 | 810 | 67 | 117 | 15 | ap1981 | |
1990 | 57,691 | 9,740,000 | .6% | 27 | 51 | 78 | 739 | 120 | 208 | 22 | ap1991 | |
1999 | 77,542 | 2,273,352 | 3.4% | 31 | 45 | 76 | 1,020 | 87 | 121 | 15 | ap2000 | |
2000 | 79,200 | 2,273,352 | 3.5% | 32 | 53 | 85 | 931 | 88 | 165 | 15 | ap2001 | |
2001 | 86,920 | 3,383,771 | 2.6% | 33 | 59 | 92 | 944 | 98 | 131 | 19 | ap2002 | |
2002 | 87,890 | 3,383,771 | 2.6% | 34 | 61 | 95 | 925 | 116 | 157 | 25 | ap2003 | |
2003 | 91,547 | 3,383,771 | 2.7% | 35 | 69 | 104 | 880 | 107 | 147 | 25 | ap2004 | |
2004 | 94,537 | 3,383,771 | 2.8% | 36 | 63 | 99 | 954 | 108 | 152 | 29 | ap2005 | |
2006 | 100,642 | 3,383,771 | 3.0% | 38 | 68 | 106 | 949 | 109 | 236 | 26 | ap2007 | |
2013 | 147,915 | 4,190,431 | 3.5% | 55 | 118 | 173 | 855 | 146 | 300 | 50 | ap2014 | |
2016 | 163,100 | 4,332,000 | 3.8% | 54 | 112 | 166 | 982 | 134 | 296 | 51 | ap2017 | |
2019 | 190,606 | 4,639,640 | 4.1% | 61 | 102 | 163 | 1,169 | 134 | 354 | 59 | ap2020 | |
2021 | 197,390 | 4,737,300 | 4.2% | 70 | 148 | 218 | 905 | 180 | 354 | 65 | ap2022 |
Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.
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