Diocese of Agartala
Agartalan(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Agartala, India
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.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 11 January 1996
- Latin
- Agartalan(us)
- Patron
- St. Francis Xavier
- Annuario code
- 001000607
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 48,747
- Population
- 4,291,490
- Catholic share
- 1.1%
- Priests
- 84
- Catholics per priest
- 580
- Extent
- 10,491 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 4.6
of the people living within its bounds
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
- Lumen Monteiro, C.S.C.
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
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.
The province of Shillong
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Shillong.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of AizawlAizawl
- Diocese of JowaiJowai
- Diocese of NongstoinNongstoin
- Archdiocese of ShillongShillong
- Diocese of TuraTura
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].