Archdiocese of Imphal
| Archdiocese of Imphal | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | India |
| Diocesan bishop | Dominic Lumon |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Joseph Mittathany |
| Vicar General | Linus Neli |
| founding | 1980 |
| surface | 22,356 km² |
| Parishes | 38 (December 31, 2007 / AP2008 ) |
| Residents | 2,491,000 (December 31, 2007 / AP2008 ) |
| Catholics | 85,377 (December 31, 2007 / AP2008 ) |
| proportion of | 3.4% |
| Diocesan priest | 59 (December 31, 2007 / AP2008 ) |
| Religious priest | 37 (December 31, 2007 / AP2008 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 889 |
| Friars | 56 (December 31, 2007 / AP2008 ) |
| Religious sisters | 218 (December 31, 2007 / AP2008 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| cathedral | St. Joseph's Cathedral |
| Website | http://www.imphaarchdiocese.com/ |
| Suffragan dioceses | Diocese of Kohima |
The Archdiocese of Imphal ( Latin Archidioecesis Imphalensis ) is an archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church in India with its seat in Imphal .
The Archdiocese of Imphal includes the state of Manipur .
history
The Diocese of Imphal was founded on March 28, 1980 by Pope John Paul II through the division of the Diocese of Kohima-Imphal , decreed in the Apostolic Constitution Cum Nos , and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Shillong as a suffragan . On July 10, 1995, the Diocese of Imphal was raised to the Archbishopric with the Apostolic Constitution Cum Ecclesia catholica .
St. Joseph's Cathedral
Ecclesiastical province
- Archdiocese of Imphal
Ordinaries
bishop
- Joseph Mittathany , 1980-1995
Archbishops
- Joseph Mittathany , 1995-2006
- Dominic Lumon , since 2006
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ioannes Paulus II: Const. Apost. Cum Nos , AAS 72 (1980), n.4, pp. 380f.
- ↑ Ioannes Paulus II: Const. Apost. Cum Ecclesia catholica , AAS 87 (1995), n.12, pp. 1082f.