Archdiocese of Guwahati
| Archdiocese of Guwahati | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | India |
| Diocesan bishop | John Moolachira |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Thomas Menamparampil SDS |
| Vicar General | Varghese Kizhakevely |
| founding | 1992 |
| surface | 17,551 km² |
| Parishes | 45 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 7,619,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 56,150 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 0.7% |
| Diocesan priest | 37 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 137 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 323 |
| Friars | 147 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 510 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| cathedral | Christ the Bearer of Good News Cathedral |
| Co-cathedral | St. Joseph's Co-Cathedral |
| Website | official website |
The Archdiocese of Guwahati ( Latin Archidioecesis Guvahatina , English Archdiocese of Guwahati ) is an archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church in India with its seat in Guwahati .
The Archdiocese of Guwahati comprises the districts of Nagaon , Morigaon , Kamrup Metropolitan, Kamrup , Nalbai and Goalpara in the state of Assam .
history
Pope John Paul II founded the Diocese of Guwahati with the Apostolic Constitution Opitulante quidem on March 30, 1992 from cessions of territory from the Dioceses of Tezpur , Tura and the Archdiocese of Shillong , to which it was also subordinated as a suffragan diocese.
With the Apostolic Constitution Indorum ecclesiales it was elevated to a metropolitan bishopric on July 10, 1995 .
On May 10, 2000 it lost part of its territory for the establishment of the Bongaigaon diocese .
Ecclesiastical province
- Archdiocese of Guwahati
Ordinaries
bishop
- Thomas Menamparampil ( SDB ), 1992-1995
Archbishops
- Thomas Menamparampil (SDB), 1995–2012
- John Moolachira , since 2012
See also
Web links
- Internet presence of the archbishopric (English)
- Entry on Archdiocese of Guwahati on gcatholic.org (English)
- Entry on Archdiocese of Guwahati on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)