Beschrijving

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Telesphore Placidus Toppo (born 15 October 1939, Chainpur, Jharkhand, India) is a Cardinal-Archbishop of Ranchi in the Roman Catholic Church. He is the first Oraon , Adivasi (tribal) Indian to be created a Cardinal.Born the 8th of 10 children, Toppo studied at St. Xavier’s College, Ranchi and Theology at the Urbanianum, Rome. He was ordained priest on 3 May 1969 by Bishop Franz von Streng. After a stint at Torpa, (Jharkhand) as Headmaster of St Joseph’s School and Director of the Lievens Vocational Center, Toppo was ordained bishop for the diocese of Dumka (7 October 1978) by Archbishop Pius Kerketta, S.J., and soon transferred to Ranchi (Capital city of the Jharkhand state) first as Co-adjutor and then as Archbishop (1985).