Diocese of Jowai
Iovaien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Jowai, India
The Diocese of Jowai is a Latin Catholic diocese in Meghalaya, India, covering the East and West Jaintia Hills districts. It was erected in 2006 as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Shillong.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 28 January 2006
- Latin
- Iovaien(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus
- Annuario code
- 001001757
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 111,930
- Population
- 437,380
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 25.6%
- Priests
- 49
- Catholics per priest
- 2,284
- Extent
- 3,819 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 29
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
- Ferdinand Dhkar
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 St. Theresa of Lisieux, Jowai stands in Jowai, 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 AizawlAizawl
- Diocese of NongstoinNongstoin
- Archdiocese of ShillongShillong
- Diocese of TuraTura
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In the town of Jowai in India, within the ecclesiastical province of Shillong, lies the Roman Catholic Diocese of Jowai (Latin: Iovaien(sis)). Its territory of 3,819 square kilometers takes in the districts of East and West Jaintia Hills in Meghalaya.
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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.