Diocese of Tura
Turan(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Tura, India
Latin-rite diocese in the Garo Hills of Meghalaya, India, erected 1 March 1973 from the Archdiocese of Shillong-Gauhati. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Shillong, seated at the Cathedral of Mary Help of Christians in Tura.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1 March 1973
- Latin
- Turan(us)
- Patron
- Mary Help of Christians
- Annuario code
- 001000021
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 326,716
- Population
- 1,177,748
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 27.7%
- Priests
- 91
- Catholics per priest
- 3,590
- Extent
- 8,500 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 38
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
- Andrew Marak
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 Mary Help of Christians, Tura stands in Tura, 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
- Diocese of NongstoinNongstoin
- Archdiocese of ShillongShillong
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The city of Tura is the seat of this diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Turana), which forms part of the ecclesiastical province of Shillong in India.
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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.