Diocese of Ambikapur

Activities and Organizations

Catholic Educational Institutions
  • Pose-secondary School:
    18
  • Pose-secondary School Students:
    6506
  • Pre-primary:
    76
  • Pre-primary Students:
    4091
  • Primary School:
    55
  • Primary School Students:
    11299
  • Secondary School:
    48
  • Secondary School Students:
    5880
Catholic Social Welfare
  • Dispensaries:
    39
  • Homes for the disabled:
    1
  • Hospitals:
    1
  • Training centers:
    1
  • Youth hostels:
    70, with 6,315 students
Major Diocesan Commissions and Organizations
  • All India Catholic Union Federation (AICUF):
    Father Anuranjan Kerketta, SJ
  • Balwadi (Nursery Classes):
    Sister Irene SJL, c/o Bishop's House, Phone: (91) 7774-230973; (91) 7774-230612
  • Catechetical Department:
    Father Rajendra Kerketta and Sister Neelam Xess, c/o. Bishop's house
  • Catholic Relief Services (CRS):
    Father Deonis Xaxa, c/o Bishop's House
    Phone: (91) 7774-230004
  • Catholic Sabha:
    Father Xavier Ekka
  • Crusbir (children:
    Father Peter Xess
  • Director of schools:
    Father Tobias Tigga, c/o Bishop's house;
  • Finance:
    Father Pascal Tirkey, c/o Bishop's House
  • Holy Childhood & Vocations:
    Father Xavier Ekka
  • Land and properties:
    Father Xavier Ekka, c/o Bishop's house
  • Liturgy:
    Father Rajendran Kerketta
  • Mahila Sangh (Women:
    Father Xavier Ekka
  • Marriage Tribunal, Legal Matters and Historian:
    Father Theodore Lakra, c/o Bishop's house;
  • Pastoral Council
  • Pastoral Council:
    Father Xavier Ekka
  • Raigarh-Ambikapur Health Association:
    Sister Jacintha Tirkey, DSA , c/o. Bishop's House
  • Social Welfare Department:
    Father William Urray, c/o Bishop's House
    Email: diraasha@sancharnet.in
    Phone: (91) 7774-230612; mobile: (91) 9425254493
  • Women Development (Grihni):
    Sister Florentia DSA, c/o. Bishop's House
  • Youth:
    Father Solomon Tirkey
Social Communications
  • Diocesan Newsletter:
    Ambika News
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