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| honorific-prefix = Most Reverend<br />
| name = Clement Tirkey<br />
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| title = [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Jalpaiguri|Bishop of Jalpaiguri]]<br />
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| archdiocese = [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Calcutta|Calcutta]]<br />
| diocese = [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Jalpaiguri|Jalpaiguri]]<br />
| appointed = 3 December 2014<br />
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| predecessor = James Anthony Toppo<br />
| successor = ''Incumbent''<br />
| ordination = 1978<br />
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| consecration = 23 April 2006<br />
| consecrated_by = [[Telesphore Toppo]]<br />
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1947|9|12|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Chhattisgarh]] [[India]]<br />
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| nationality = [[India]]n<br />
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| motto = Collaborator of God with joy<br />
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'''Clement''' '''Tirkey''' is the current serving bishop of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Jalpaiguri]], India.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://directory.ucanews.com/bishops/bishop-tirkey/159|title=Bishop Clement Tirkey {{!}} Bishop of Jalpaiguri Diocese Clement Tirkey {{!}} Ucanews|website=directory.ucanews.com|access-date=2019-02-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190225163354/http://directory.ucanews.com/bishops/bishop-tirkey/159|archive-date=25 February 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.apostolicnunciatureindia.com/DiocesesofIndiaDispFull.aspx?DID=259|title=Apostolic Nunciature, India & Nepal|website=www.apostolicnunciatureindia.com|access-date=2019-02-25}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/jalp0.htm|title=Diocese of Jalpaiguri, India|website=GCatholic|access-date=2019-02-25}}</ref><br />
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== Early life ==<br />
Tirkey was born in [[Chhattisgarh]], India on 12 September 1947.<br />
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== Priesthood ==<br />
Tirkey was ordained a priest in 1978 for the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Darjeeling|Darjeeling diocese]] but was [[incardinated]] in Bagdogra diocese on 14 June 1997.<br />
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== Episcopate ==<br />
Tirkey was appointed bishop of Jalpaiguri on 31 January 2006 and consecrated on 23 April 2006 by Cardinal [[Telesphore Toppo]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/btirk.html|title=Bishop Clement Tirkey [Catholic-Hierarchy]|website=www.catholic-hierarchy.org|access-date=2019-02-10}}</ref><br />
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