Ranchi auxiliary appointed Daltonganj apostolic administrator

Pope Francis has appointed Auxiliary Bishop Theodore Mascarenhas of Ranchi as the apostolic administrator of the diocese of Daltonganj.
The appointment was announced on December 8 in Rome. “This appointment is an additional to his present office as Auxiliary Bishop of Ranchi,” says a press release from Father Stephen Alathara, deputy secretary general of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (Latin rite).