Suffragan diocese Agartala, India
Diocese of Agartala
Agartalan(us)
Latin Church
Latin rite diocese covering Tripura state in northeast India, erected in 1996 by bifurcation from the Diocese of Silchar. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Shillong, with St. Francis Xavier Cathedral in Agartala as its seat. Its patron is St. Francis Xavier.
On the map
Every see on one map: browse the dioceses. Churches with recorded hours: find Mass times.
- Established
- 1996
- Catholics
- 48,747
- Priests
- 84
- Territory
- 10,491 km²
Parishes and churches
25 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- St. Francis Xavier CathedralAgartala · CathedralView parish
- AmarpurAmarpurView parish
- AmbassaAmbassaView parish
- BagbasaBagbasaView parish
- BaijalbariBaijalbariView parish
- BishramganjBishramganjView parish
- BodhjungnagarBodhjungnagarView parish
- ChailengtaChailengtaView parish
- DepacherraDepacherraView parish
- GachhiramparaGachhiramparaView parish
- GandacherraGandacherraView parish
- JampuijalaJampuijalaView parish
- KailashaharKailashaharView parish
- KamarangaKamarangaView parish
- KarbookKarbookView parish
- KathalcherraKathalcherraView parish
- KhumulwngKhumulwngView parish
- KumarghatKumarghatView parish
- MandwiMandwiView parish
- MariamnagarMariamnagarView parish
- MoharparaMoharparaView parish
- NandanagarNandanagarView parish
- PitraPitraView parish
- SindukpatharSindukpatharView parish
- TuikarmawTuikarmawView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Lumen Monteiro, C.S.C.
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The cathedral
St. Francis Xavier Cathedral, Agartala stands in Agartala, 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.
History
Covering the whole State of Tripura, the Diocese of Agartala (Latin: Dioecesis Agartalana) is a Latin Catholic see within India's ecclesiastical province of Shillong. St. Francis Xavier Cathedral in Agartala serves as its cathedral.