Diocese of Nongstoin
Nongstoinen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Nongstoin, India
Latin-rite diocese in the West Khasi Hills region of Meghalaya, India, erected 28 January 2006 by bifurcation from the Archdiocese of Shillong, of which it is a suffragan. Its seat is the Cathedral of St. Peter the Apostle in Nongstoin, and Catholics number about 164,300 (2020), some 28% of the population.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 28 January 2006
- Latin
- Nongstoinen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Peter
- Annuario code
- 001002405
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 164,334
- Population
- 581,216
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 28.3%
- Priests
- 58
- Catholics per priest
- 2,833
- Extent
- 5,247 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 31
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
- Wilbert Marwein
- Born
- 17 February 1970
- Birthplace
- Rangblang-Sohsyniang
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. Peter the Apostle, Nongstoin stands in Nongstoin, 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 JowaiJowai
- Archdiocese of ShillongShillong
- Diocese of TuraTura
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see 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.