Diocese of Tezpur
Tezpuren(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Tezpur, India
Latin-rite diocese in Assam, India, erected 16 January 1964. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Guwahati, seated at the Cathedral of St John Bosco in Tezpur.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 16 January 1964
- Latin
- Tezpuren(sis)
- Patron
- São João Bosco
- Annuario code
- 001003211
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 199,600
- Population
- 8,915,700
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 2.2%
- Priests
- 132
- Catholics per priest
- 1,512
- Extent
- 38,700 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 5.2
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
- Michael Akasius Toppo
- Born
- 8 May 1955
- Birthplace
- Gormara
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 John Bosco, Tezpur stands in Tezpur, 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:
- Archdiocese of GuwahatiGuwahati
- Diocese of BongaigaonBongaigaon
- Diocese of DibrugarhDibrugarh
- Diocese of DiphuDiphu
- Diocese of ItanagarItanagar
- Diocese of MiaoMiao
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
How to reach it
- Diocesan offices
- Bishop’s House, 783001 Tezpur, Sonitpur Dist., Assam, India
- Telephone
- [0371]235.89.34
- bhousetz@gmail.com
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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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.