Archdiocese of Guwahati
Guvahatin(us)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Guwahati, India
The Archdiocese of Guwahati is a Latin rite metropolitan archdiocese in Assam, India, established in 1995, with six suffragan dioceses in its province. Its seat is the Christ the Bearer of Good News Cathedral in Dispur. Archbishop John Moolachira has led the see since 2012.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 10 July 1995
- Latin
- Guvahatin(us)
- Annuario code
- 001001559
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 53,946
- Population
- 6,669,000
- Catholic share
- 0.8%
- Priests
- 201
- Catholics per priest
- 268
- Extent
- 17,551 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 3.1
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
- Archbishop
- John Moolachira
- Born
- 14 December 1951
- Birthplace
- Puthusserykadavu
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
Christ the Bearer of Good News Cathedral, Dispur stands in Guwahati, 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
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of BongaigaonBongaigaon
- Diocese of DibrugarhDibrugarh
- Diocese of DiphuDiphu
- Diocese of ItanagarItanagar
- Diocese of MiaoMiao
- Diocese of TezpurTezpur
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
A Latin Church territory of the Catholic Church centered on the city of Guwahati in India, the Archdiocese of Guwahati (Latin: Guvahatin(a)) is a metropolitan see whose ecclesiastical province includes six suffragan dioceses.
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].