RAIGARH–AMBIKAPUR, DIOCESE OF. - Erected on 13 Dec. 1951, it is located in north-eastern India with the civil districts of R. and Surguja, dismembered from the diocese of Ranchi (v.), and the small former kingdom of Sarangarh, dismembered from the diocese of Nagpur and civilly belonging to the district of R.

The diocese takes its name from the city of R., with 20,000 inhabitants, at the southern extremity and the most populous center, and from the small town of A., located in the center with 8,500 inhabitants. It is a suffragan of the archdiocese of Calcutta. It has an area of 34,325 sq. km., and borders the dioceses of Ranchi, Allahabad, Nagpur, Sambalpur and the apostolic prefecture of Jabalpur. There are 65,828 Catholics and 8,998 catechumens and about 8,000 Protestants. The rest of the population, 1,549,780 inhabitants, is made up of Hindus and animists in equal proportion. Working there are 20 Fathers and 4 scholastics of the Society of Jesus, 21 sisters, 83 catechists. Already in operation are 116 elementary schools, 7 middle schools and one high school, 5 colleges for girls and 5 for boys. The mission stations are 6, the churches with an attached presbytery 5, the chapels 100. There is no lack of social and charitable works with dispensaries, clinics and catechumenates, nor of pious associations.

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BIBL.: Arch. di Prop. Fide, pos. n. 36, prot. n. 4796/51; AAS, 34 (1952), pp. 393-95.

Pompeo Borgna

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