Bongaigaon bishopric
| Bongaigaon bishopric | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | India |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Guwahati |
| Diocesan bishop | Thomas Pulloppillil |
| founding | 2000 |
| surface | 13,630 km² |
| Parishes | 30 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Residents | 7,942,000 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Catholics | 60,545 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| proportion of | 0.8% |
| Diocesan priest | 26 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Religious priest | 86 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 541 |
| Friars | 122 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Religious sisters | 211 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| cathedral | Christ, Light of the World Cathedral |
| Website | www.bongaigaondiocese.org |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Bongaigaon ( Latin Dioecesis Bongaigaonensis , English Diocese of Bongaigaon ) is in India situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Bongaigaon .
history
The diocese of Bongaigaon was established on May 10, 2000 by Pope John Paul II with the Apostolic Constitution Ultraflumen from cession of territory to the Archdiocese of Guwahati and subordinated to this as a suffragan . The first bishop was Thomas Pulloppillil .
territory
The Bongaigaon diocese includes the districts of Barpeta , Bongaigaon , Dhubri , Kokrajhar and Nalbari in the state of Assam .
See also
Web links
- Homepage of the Diocese of Bongaigaon (English)
- Entry on Bongaigaon diocese on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ioannes Paulus II: Const. Apost. Ultra flumen , AAS 92 (2000), n.10, pp. 705f.