Diocese of Diphu
| Diocese of Diphu | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | India |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Guwahati |
| Diocesan bishop | Paul Mattekatt |
| founding | 1983 |
| surface | 15,222 km² |
| Parishes | 25 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 1,242,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 59,774 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 4.8% |
| Diocesan priest | 28 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 37 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 920 |
| Friars | 41 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 166 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Website | www.diphudiocese.org |
The diocese of Diphu ( Latin Dioecesis Diphuensis , English Diocese of Diphu ) is in India situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Diphu .
history
The Diocese of Diphu was established on December 5, 1983 by Pope John Paul II with the Apostolic Constitution Ut per aptam from cessions of territory from the Archdiocese of Shillong-Guwahati . It is subordinate to the Archdiocese of Guwahati as a suffragan .
territory
The Diocese of Diphu includes the districts of Karbi Anglong and North Cachar Hills in the state of Assam .
Bishops of Diphu
- Mathai Kochuparampil SDS , 1983-1992
- John Thomas Kattrukudiyil , 1994-2005, then Bishop of Itanagar
- John Moolachira , 2007–2011, then Coadjutor Archbishop of Guwahati
- Paul Mattekatt , since 2013
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ioannes Paulus II: Const. Apost. Ut per aptam , AAS 76 (1984), n.3, pp. 257f.