Diocese of Miao

Miaoen(sis)

Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Miao, India

Latin-rite diocese covering eastern Arunachal Pradesh, India, erected 7 December 2005 from the Diocese of Dibrugarh. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Guwahati, with the Cathedral of Christ the Light in Miao as its seat. Catholics number about 98,600 (2020), roughly 19% of the population.

The see

Rank: Suffragan diocese
Tradition: Latin Church
Erected: 7 December 2005
Latin: Miaoen(sis)
Patron: Christ the Light
Annuario code: 001002240

The see in figures

Catholics: 98,600
Population: 508,000
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds: 19.4%
Priests: 105
Catholics per priest: 939
Extent: 43,955 km²
Catholics per km²: 2.2

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: George Palliparampil

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 Christ the Light, Miao stands in Miao, 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 Archdiocese of Guwahati.

The sees of this province:

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

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Sources

The see's own website · Wikipedia

Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.