# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/telesphore-toppo
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:48:08.115Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/telesphore-toppo"
name: "Telesphore Toppo"
slug: "telesphore-toppo"
description: "Telesphore Placidus Toppo was an Indian prelate of the Catholic Church and a member of the aboriginal tribal community who was archbishop of the Archdiocese of Ranchi from 1985 to 2018, after serving as coadjutor there for a year. He was bishop of Dumka from 1978 to 1984. He was made a cardinal in 2003, the first from India's tribal population."
tagline: "Catholic cardinal (1939–2023)"
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gender: "male"
country:
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birthDate: "1939-10-15"
deathDate: "2023-10-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  momentum:             0
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ranks:
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump