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Diocese of

Ambikapur

India India

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese

Ecclesiastical Province: Raipur

Neighbouring Dioceses: Raigarh (↓), Raipur (↙), Jabalpur (←), Satna (↖), Allahabad (↑), Daltonganj (↗), Gumla (→), Jashpur (→)

Patron Saint: Immaculate Mother of God

History

  • 1977.11.10: Established as Diocese of Ambikapur / Ambikapuren(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Raigarh–Ambikapur)

Special Churches

Present Prelates

Bishop (1996.07.05 – ...):Bishop Patras Minj, S.J. (68)Bishop Patras Minj, S.J. (68)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Ambikapur (Roman Rite)

Bishop Patras Minj, S.J. (68)Bishop Patras Minj, S.J. (68)
(1996.07.05 – ...)

Born:1944.12.23 (India)
Ordained Priest:1977.04.30
Consecrated Bishop:1996.10.18

Bishop of Ambikapur (India) (1996.07.05 – ...)

Archbishop Paschal Topno, S.J. (80)Bishop Paschal Topno, S.J. (80) (later Archbishop)
(1985.10.28 – 1994.03.26)

Born:1932.06.15 (India)
Ordained Priest:1965.07.31
Consecrated Bishop:1986.01.18

Bishop of Ambikapur (India) (1985.10.28 – 1994.03.26)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Bhopal (India) (1994.03.26 – 2007.06.15)

Bishop Philip Ekka, S.J.
(1977.11.10 – 1984.10.20)

Born:1923.07.22 (India)
Ordained Priest:1956.08.10
Consecrated Bishop:1978.02.26
Died:1991.05.16 († 67)

Bishop of Ambikapur (India) (1977.11.10 – 1984.10.20)

Bishop of Raipur (India) (1984.10.20 – 1991.02.15)

as of 2013.05.03

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