Diocese of Itanagar
Itanagaren(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Itanagar, India
Latin-rite diocese covering part of Arunachal Pradesh, India, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Guwahati. Erected in 2005 from the Diocese of Tezpur. Its seat is the Cathedral of St Joseph in Itanagar.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 7 December 2005
- Latin
- Itanagaren(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Joseph
- Annuario code
- 001001691
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 83,822
- Population
- 850,270
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 9.9%
- Priests
- 82
- Catholics per priest
- 1,022
- Extent
- 52,288 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 1.6
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
- Benny Varghese Edathattel
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
St Joseph Cathedral, Itanagar stands in Itanagar, 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 DiphuDiphu
- Diocese of MiaoMiao
- Diocese of TezpurTezpur
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Split from the Diocese of Tezpur on 7 December 2005, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Itanagar (Dioecesis Itanagarensis) in India is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Guwahati. John Thomas Kattrukudiyil served as its first bishop, and the St. Joseph's church in Itanagar is the cathedral of the diocese.
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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.