Diocese of Aizawl
| Diocese of Aizawl | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | India |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Shillong |
| Diocesan bishop | Stephen Rotluanga CSC |
| founding | 1952 |
| surface | 28,002 km² |
| Parishes | 32 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Residents | 4,715,315 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Catholics | 39,489 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| proportion of | 0.8% |
| Diocesan priest | 26 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Religious priest | 34 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 658 |
| Friars | 54 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Religious sisters | 213 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| cathedral | Christ the King Cathedral |
| Website | http://aizawldiocese.org |
The Diocese of Aizawl ( lat. : Dioecesis Aizavlensis ) is in India situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Aizawl .
history
Pope Pius XII founded the diocese with the Apostolic Constitution Fit nonnumquam on January 17, 1952 from cessions of territory of the Archdiocese of Dacca and Diocese of Chittagong as Apostolic Prefecture Haflong .
On June 26, 1969 she was raised to the diocese of Silchar , which was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Gauhati-Shillong as a suffragan diocese. It lost part of its territory on December 5, 1983 to the Diphu diocese .
On January 11, 1996, there were further shares of the area for the establishment of the diocese of Agartala , moved the bishopric from Silchar to Aizawl and took on its current name.
territory
The diocese of Aizawl includes the entire state of Mizoram and the districts of Cachar , Hailakandi and Karimganj in the state of Assam .
Ordinaries
Apostolic Prefect of Haflong
- George Daniel Breen CSC (March 21, 1952–1969)
Bishop of Silchar
- Denzil Reginald D'Souza (June 26, 1969– January 11, 1996)
Bishops of Aizawl
- Denzil Reginald D'Souza (January 11, 1996– October 18, 2000)
- Stephen Rotluanga CSC (since October 2, 2001)