Diocese of Diphu
Diphuen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Diphu, India
The Diocese of Diphu is a Latin rite diocese in Assam, India, erected in 1983 and suffragan of the Archdiocese of Guwahati. Its seat is the Cathedral of the Risen Christ in Diphu.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 5 December 1983
- Latin
- Diphuen(sis)
- Patron
- Christ the Risen Lord
- Annuario code
- 001001307
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 66,700
- Population
- 1,259,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 5.3%
- Priests
- 83
- Catholics per priest
- 804
- Extent
- 15,222 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 4.4
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
- Paul Mattekatt
- Born
- 1 June 1961
- Birthplace
- Thuravoor
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
Cathedral of the Risen Christ, Diphu stands in Diphu, 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 Guwahati
A suffragan of Guwahati.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of GuwahatiGuwahati
- Diocese of BongaigaonBongaigaon
- Diocese of DibrugarhDibrugarh
- Diocese of ItanagarItanagar
- Diocese of MiaoMiao
- Diocese of TezpurTezpur
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Centered on the city of Diphu in India, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Diphu (Latin: Diphuen(sis)) sits within the ecclesiastical province of Guwahati.
How to reach it
- Diocesan offices
- Bishop’s House, Rongtheang, Diphu-782460, Karbi Anglong Dt., Assam, India
- Telephone
- 700.2759.310
This see keeps no website of its own, so the address of its diocesan offices is published here: withholding it would protect nothing and leave a reader with nowhere to go. Where a see publishes its own site, the register sends you there instead.
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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.