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Cerium-incorporated TiO2 nano-composite powders were fabricated by a facile procedure included co-decomposition of the required chemical complexes. The structures of the synthesized composites were investigated by the X-ray diffraction (XRD) technique through Rietveld refinement method, which confirmed the formation of almost single anatase (A) phase. The formed tiny rutile (R) and Titania (B) phases were vanished with Ce doping and hydrogenation. The optical band-gap was red-shifted with Ce doping and blue-shifted with the hydrogenation. The results confirmed that the hydrogenation process was vital to create ferromagnetic (FM) properties in Ce-incorporated TiO2. A saturation magnetization of ~0.18 emu/cm3 was measured for the hydrogenated ~10 at% Ce sample.