Felix Toppo was Bishop of Jamshedpur from 1997 to 2018.
11 Facts About Felix Toppo
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Felix Toppo is a member of India's indigenous tribal people, like his predecessor as Archbishop of Ranchi, Cardinal Telesphore Toppo.
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Felix Toppo was born on 21 November 1947 in Tongo, in the Diocese of Gumla in Jharkhand.
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Felix Toppo was ordained a priest for the Society of Jesus on 14 April 1982.
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Felix Toppo earned a master's degree in psychology from the Gregorian University, Rome, in 1990.
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Felix Toppo received his episcopal consecration from Cardinal Telesphore Placidus Toppo on 27 September 1997.
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Felix Toppo chaired the CBCI Office for Clergy and Religious and headed the National Vocation Service Centre in Pune for four years.
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Felix Toppo said no specifics were provided and complained that "nothing of the sort happens with pro-Hindu organizations".
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Felix Toppo said the probes were designed to divide the Catholic and Hindu within the tribal population in advance of elections.
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Felix Toppo was chairperson of the Regional Bishops' Council of Jharkhand and Andaman.
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Felix Toppo was vice-chancellor of St Albert's College, Ranchi, the region's major seminary.