Archdiocese of Guwahati
Guvahatin(us)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Guwahati, India
The Archdiocese of Guwahati is a Latin rite metropolitan archdiocese in Assam, India, established in 1995, with six suffragan dioceses in its province. Its seat is the Christ the Bearer of Good News Cathedral in Dispur. Archbishop John Moolachira has led the see since 2012.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 10 July 1995
- Latin
- Guvahatin(us)
- Patron
- Christ the Bearer of the Good News
- Annuario code
- 001001559
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 53,946
- Population
- 6,669,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 0.8%
- Priests
- 201
- Catholics per priest
- 268
- Extent
- 17,551 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 3.1
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
- Archbishop
- John Moolachira
- Born
- 14 December 1951
- Birthplace
- Puthusserykadavu
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 Bearer of Good News Cathedral, Dispur stands in Guwahati, 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
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of BongaigaonBongaigaon
- Diocese of DibrugarhDibrugarh
- Diocese of DiphuDiphu
- Diocese of ItanagarItanagar
- Diocese of MiaoMiao
- Diocese of TezpurTezpur
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
A Latin Church territory of the Catholic Church centered on the city of Guwahati in India, the Archdiocese of Guwahati (Latin: Guvahatin(a)) is a metropolitan see whose ecclesiastical province includes six suffragan dioceses.
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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.