Felix Toppo is Ranchi archbishop

Ranchi | Tuesday | 7th August, 2018

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Felix Toppo is Ranchi archbishopFelix Toppo, the bishop of Jamshedpur diocese under the Roman Catholic Church, was officially installed as the archbishop of Ranchi at a special mass at the century-old St Mary's Cathedral at Purulia Road Ranchi. The new archbishop replaces Cardinal Telesphore P Toppo, who held the post of archbishop of Ranchi since August 1985. The letter added that Bishop Felix Toppo, who has been nominated as the new archbishop, has been divested of all his duties as the bishop of Jamshedpur and given charge as archbishop of Ranchi. He became the 4th archbishop to hold office since the diocese of Ranchi was carved out of the archdiocese of Kolkata on May 25,1927. Till September 1953, the diocese of Ranchi was headed by a bishop..