Diocese of Tezpur
| Diocese of Tezpur | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | India |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Guwahati |
| Diocesan bishop | Michael Akasius Toppo |
| founding | 1964 |
| surface | 15,320 km² |
| Parishes | 32 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 8,375,191 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 191,941 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 2.3% |
| Diocesan priest | 51 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 38 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 2.157 |
| Friars | 89 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 239 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
The diocese of Tezpur ( Latin Dioecesis Tezpurensis , English Diocese of Tezpur ) is in India situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Tezpur .
history
The diocese of Tezpur was on January 16, 1964 by Pope Paul VI. established with the Apostolic Constitution Fidei catholicae from cessions of territory from the dioceses of Dibrugarh and Shillong . On March 30, 1992, the Diocese of Tezpur gave up parts of its territory to establish the Diocese of Guwahati . Another assignment of territory took place on December 7, 2005 to establish the diocese of Itanagar .
It is subordinate to the Archdiocese of Guwahati as a suffragan .
territory
The Diocese of Tezpur includes the districts Darrang , Dhemaji , Lakhimpur and Sonitpur and the district Nagaon lying subdivisions Kaliabor , Rupahihat and Samuguri in the state of Assam .
Bishops of Tezpur
- Orestes Marengo SDB , 1964–1969, then Apostolic Administrator of Tura
- Joseph Mittathany , 1969–1980, then Bishop of Imphal
- Robert Kerketta SDB, 1980-2007
- Michael Akasius Toppo , since 2007
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Paul VI: Const. Apost. Fidei catholicae , AAS 56 (1964), n.12, p. 727ff.