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Diocese of Kohima

Kohimaën(sis)

Latin-rite diocese covering Nagaland, India, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Imphal. Originated as the Diocese of Kohima-Imphal (erected 29 January 1973 from the Diocese of Dibrugarh) and became the Diocese of Kohima on 28 March 1980 when that see was divided. Its seat is the Mary Help of Christians Cathedral in Kohima.

The see

Rank
Suffragan diocese
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
28 March 1980
Latin
Kohimaën(sis)
Patron
Mary Help of Christians
Annuario code
001001879

The see in figures

Catholics
61,731
Population
2,427,000
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
2.5%
Priests
192
Catholics per priest
322
Extent
16,579 km²
Catholics per km²
3.7

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
James Thoppil
Born
8 May 1959
Birthplace
Kottayam

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

Mary Help of Christians Cathedral, Kohima stands in Kohima, 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 Imphal

A suffragan of Imphal.

The sees of this province:

On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.

How to reach it

Diocesan offices
Bishop’s House, New Ministers Hill, P.O. Box 519, Kohima-797001, Nagaland, India
Telephone
700.5302.507

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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Sources

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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.