NOVELTY - Hydrotreating catalyst comprises a non-refractory oxide catalyst support; a group VIB metal impregnated on the support; and a group VIII metal impregnated on the support; where the support comprises porous activated carbon; an amount of group VIB metal impregnated on the support is in the range of 10 to 18 wt.% based on a total weight of the finished catalyst composition; and an amount of group VIII metal impregnated on the support is in the range of 0.1 to 5.0 wt.% based on a total weight of the finished catalyst composition.    USE - The hydrotreating catalyst is useful for producing diesel range hydrocarbons from feed comprising vegetable oil and/or vegetable oil with gas oil (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The catalyst results in more than 99% sulfur reduction in neat gas oil. It results in 100% oxygen removal from vegetable oil such as Jatropha oil.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for:    (1) a process for preparing a hydrotreating catalyst, which involves impregnating a non-refractory oxide catalyst support with an aqueous solution comprising a source of group VIB metal and a source of group VIII metal to obtain wet impregnated support; drying the wet-impregnated support for about 1 to 5 hours at a temperature in the range of about 100 to 120 degrees C to obtain impregnated support; and calcining the impregnated support at a temperature in the range of about 500 to 600 degrees C for a time period in the range of about 1 to 5 hours to obtain the hydrotreating catalyst; where the support comprises porous activated carbon; an amount of group VIB metal source present in the aqueous solution is such that 10 to 18 wt.% of the group VIB metal based on a total weight of the finished catalyst composition is incorporated in the support; and an amount of group VIII metal source present in the aqueous solution is such that 0.1 to 5.0 wt.% of the group VIII metal based on a total weight of the finished catalyst composition is incorporated in the support; and    (2) a process for producing diesel range hydrocarbons from a feed comprising vegetable oil and/or vegetable oil with gas oil, which involves: (a) contacting the feed within a hydrotreatment reaction zone with a gas comprising hydrogen under hydrotreatment conditions in presence of a hydrotreating catalyst comprising a non-refractor)' oxide catalyst support, a group VIB metal impregnated on the support and a group VIII metal impregnated on the support; (b) removing a hydrotreated product stream; and (c) separating diesel range hydrocarbons from the hydrotreated product stream where the support comprises porous activated carbon; an amount of group VIB metal impregnated on the support is in the range of 10 to 18 wt.% based on a total weight of the finished catalyst composition; and an amount of group VIII metal impregnated on the support is in the range of 0.1 to 5.0 wt.% based on a total weight of the finished catalyst composition.