Suffragan diocese Aizawl, India
Diocese of Aizawl
Aizavlen(sis)
Latin Church
Latin rite diocese covering Mizoram in northeast India, renamed Diocese of Aizawl on 11 January 1996 (it had existed as the Diocese of Silchar since 1969). It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Shillong, with Christ the King Cathedral in Aizawl as its seat. Its patron is St. Joseph.
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- Established
- 1996
- Catholics
- 41,067
- Priests
- 80
- Territory
- 28,002 km²
Parishes and churches
32 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Christ the King CathedralKulikawn · CathedralView parish
- Holy Cross ChurchCacharView parish
- Holy Cross ChurchAizawlView parish
- Holy Cross ChurchChamphaiView parish
- Infant Jesus Church (Quasi Parish)KarimganjView parish
- Mary Help of Christians ChurchMizoramView parish
- Our Lady of Assumption ChurchTikarburungaView parish
- Our Lady of Assumption ChurchSerchhipView parish
- Sacred Heart of Jesus ChurchLungleiView parish
- St. Andrew ChurchAizawlView parish
- St. Don Bosco ChurchAizawlView parish
- St. Francis of Assisi ChurchAizawlView parish
- St. Francis of Assisi ChurchMamitView parish
- St. Francis Xavier ChurchMamitView parish
- St. Francis Xavier ChurchAizawlView parish
- St. John the Apostle ChurchKhawzawlView parish
- St. Joseph ChurchAizawlView parish
- St. Joseph ChurchBadarpurView parish
- St. Joseph ChurchKarimganjView parish
- St. Joseph the Worker ChurchAizawlView parish
- St. Lawrence ChurchChanmariView parish
- St. Lawrence ChurchVairengteView parish
- St. Mary ChurchChanmariView parish
- St. Mary ChurchPB 21View parish
- St. Paul the Apostle ChurchSouth SihphirView parish
- St. Peter ChurchAizawlView parish
- St. Peter the Apostle ChurchAizawlView parish
- St. Pio ChurchSairangView parish
- St. Thomas ChurchRamhlun NorthView parish
- St. Vincent ChurchKolasibView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Stephen Rotluanga, C.S.C.
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The cathedral
Christ the King Cathedral, Aizawl stands in Aizawl, 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
Seated in the city of Aizawl, this Roman Catholic diocese (Latin: Aizavlen(sis)) belongs to India's ecclesiastical province of Shillong.