Diocese of Aizawl
Aizavlen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Aizawl, India
Latin rite diocese covering Mizoram in northeast India, renamed Diocese of Aizawl on 11 January 1996 (it had existed as the Diocese of Silchar since 1969). It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Shillong, with Christ the King Cathedral in Aizawl as its seat. Its patron is St. Joseph.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 11 January 1996
- Latin
- Aizavlen(sis)
- Patron
- St. Joseph
- Annuario code
- 001000620
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 41,067
- Population
- 5,072,598
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 0.8%
- Priests
- 80
- Catholics per priest
- 513
- Extent
- 28,002 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 1.5
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Stephen Rotluanga, C.S.C.
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Christ the King Cathedral, Aizawl stands in Aizawl, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Shillong
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Shillong.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of AgartalaAgartala
- Diocese of JowaiJowai
- Diocese of NongstoinNongstoin
- Archdiocese of ShillongShillong
- Diocese of TuraTura
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Seated in the city of Aizawl, this Roman Catholic diocese (Latin: Aizavlen(sis)) belongs to India's ecclesiastical province of Shillong.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.