Diocese of Daltonganj

Apostolic Administrator Theodore Mascarenhas

Apostolic Administrator Theodore Mascarenhas

Bishop's House,
Station Road, Daltenganj-822101,
Palamau Dt., Jharkhand, India

Phone: (06562)227.349
Email: [email protected]

Bishop Theodore Mascarenhas was born on Nov. 9, 1960, in Camurlim in the archdiocese of Goa. He was ordained priest on April 24, 1988. After his ordination, he has served in Punjab in North India till 1993. From 1994 to 2001, he was in Rome to secure the licentiate and doctorate at the Pontifical Biblical Institute. He was the coordinator of the works of the Society of Pilar in Rome from 1998 to 2004. In 2005, he was made the superior delegate for the Society of the Missionaries of St. Francis Xavier in Europe and in 2006, an official of the Pontifical Council for Culture.

On Dec. 8, 2021, Bishop Theodore Mascarenhas was appointed Apostolic Administrator of Daltonganj, India.