Stephen M. Tiru

Stephen M. Tiru ( born December 1, 1937 in Sardikal / Khunti, † March 3, 2012 in Khunti, Jharkhand ) was an Indian clergyman and Bishop of Khunti.

Life

Stephen M. Tiru received on 4 May 1969, the ordination. Pope John Paul II appointed him on 18 April 1986 Bishop of Dumka. The Archbishop of Ranchi, Telesphore Placidus Toppo, donated to him on 7 October 1986, the episcopal ordination; Co-consecrators were Joseph Robert Roderick, SJ, Bishop of Jamshedpur, and Paschal Topno SJ, Bishop of Ambikapur.

On April 1, 1995, he was appointed by John Paul II, the first bishop of the newly established Diocese of Khunti.

In 2003 he visited the parish of St. Peter & Paul in Schweinfurt and reported on the problematic coexistence of Christian and Muslim minorities in the context of a Hindu country. On 20 May 2011 he was in a personal audience by Benedict XVI. receive.

Stephen M. Tiru died after a long illness in his episcopal residence in Khunti. At his funeral was attended by eleven bishops and over 500 priests and more than 10,000 believers. A message of condolence from Pope Benedict XVI. was read. Binay Kandulna, Auxiliary Bishop of Ranchi, was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Khunti sede vacante et ad nutum Sanctae Sedis.