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Leo Tigga S.J. (born 31 January 1916 in Ward No. 4, Kolkata Municipal Corporation) was an Indian clergyman and bishop for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Raiganj. He became ordained in 1948. He was appointed bishop in 1978. He died in 1986. [1]
The Council of Chalcedon was the fourth ecumenical council of the Christian Church. It was convoked by the Roman emperor Marcian. The council convened in the city of Chalcedon, Bithynia from 8 October to 1 November 451 AD. The council was attended by over 520 bishops or their representatives, making it the largest and best-documented of the first seven ecumenical councils. The principal purpose of the council was to re-assert the teachings of the ecumenical Council of Ephesus against the teachings of Eutyches and Nestorius. Such doctrines viewed Christ's divine and human natures as separate (Nestorianism) or viewed Christ as solely divine (Monophysitism).
Pope Benedict III was the bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States from 29 September 855 to his death.
Pope Leo I, also known as Leo the Great, was Bishop of Rome from 29 September 440 until his death.
Dioscorus I, also known as Dioscorus the Great, was the pope of Alexandria and patriarch of the See of St. Mark who was deposed by the Council of Chalcedon in 451. He was recognized as patriarch by the Coptic Church until his death. He died in Gangra, Paphlagonia, in September 454. He is venerated as a saint by the Coptic and other Oriental Orthodox Churches.
Julius Riyadi Darmaatmadja is an Indonesian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He was made a cardinal in 1994, becoming the second Indonesian to be a cardinal. He served as the Archbishop of Semarang from 1983 to 1996 and Archbishop of Jakarta from 1996 to 2010.
The Pontifical Scots College in Rome is the main seminary for the training of men for the priesthood from the dioceses of the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland.
St. Anthony’s Higher Secondary School, is an educational institution of the Catholic Church, belonging to and managed by the Salesians of Don Bosco Educational Society .Guided by the religious and educational philosophy of St. John Bosco, the school was founded to bring school education within the reach of the common man.
Pope John Paul II created the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kannur in the Ecclesiastical Province of Verapoly in India by bifurcating the Diocese of Calicut on 9 December 1998. The new Diocese consists of the Latin Catholics of Malabar residing in the revenue districts of Kannur and Kasaragod.
Silandus or Silandos was an episcopal city in the late Roman province of Lydia. It was near and gave its name to the present town of Selendi in Manisa Province, Turkey.
The Archdiocese of Patna is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Indian. Its episcopal see is Patna, in the state of Bihar. A metropolitan see, the archdiocese has five suffragan dioceses in its ecclesiastical province.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Raiganj is a diocese located in the city of Raiganj in the Ecclesiastical province of Calcutta in India.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Baroda is a diocese located in the city of Baroda in the Ecclesiastical province of Gandhinagar in India.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Raigarh is a diocese located at the Bishop's House in Kunkuri, Raigarh. It is in the Ecclesiastical province of Raipur in India.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Dumka is a suffragan Latin diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan of Ranchi in India's Jharkhand state.
John Francis Cunningham was an Irish-born prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Concordia from 1898 until his death in 1919.
Thomas O'Gorman was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Sioux Falls from 1896 until his death in 1921.
Madarihat Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Alipurduar district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled tribes.
Marie Fabien Raharilamboniaina, OCD is a Malagasy prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He has served as Bishop of Morondava since 2010.
St. Joseph the Worker Cathedral is a cathedral dedicated to the patron saint of Raiganj in West Bengal, India. The cathedral features glass and ceiling paintings, prominent pillars on both sides modeled on Greek pillars, carved doors and a high altar with a hexagonal dome on top of it. It is located at Misonmore in Chhota parua Village which is 5 kilometers aways from the city limits.
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