For the first time, a Catholic priest from Odisha has been appointed as a bishop in Jharkhand. The Vatican has appointed Father Telesphore Bilung of Sundargarh district as the new Auxiliary Bishop of the Ranchi Archdiocese.
The new appointment was announced in the Vatican on Monday and made public at the Apostolic Nunciature of the Holy See to India, the diplomatic mission of the Vatican state to India.
Father Bilung would assist Cardinal TP Toppo, Archbishop of Ranchi, said a release from the Archbishop’s office here.Father Bilung, who is a member of an international Catholic religious order called Society of Divine Word (SVD), was currently the provincial superior or head of SVD Eastern Indian province, the release added.