Suffragan diocese Itanagar, India
Diocese of Itanagar
Itanagaren(sis)
Latin Church
Latin-rite diocese covering part of Arunachal Pradesh, India, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Guwahati. Erected in 2005 from the Diocese of Tezpur. Its seat is the Cathedral of St Joseph in Itanagar.
On the map
Every see on one map: browse the dioceses. Churches with recorded hours: find Mass times.
- Established
- 2005
- Catholics
- 83,822
- Priests
- 82
- Territory
- 52,288 km²
Parishes and churches
49 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- St. Anthony Parish RagaTown not recordedView parish
- St. Anthony’s Church Veo – Seppa –Town not recordedView parish
- St. Claret MissionTown not recordedView parish
- St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church TheobhawanTown not recordedView parish
- St. Joseph’s Catholic ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- St. Joseph’s Catholic Church- KayingTown not recordedView parish
- St. Joseph’s Church Gohpur Tin Ali ItanagarTown not recordedView parish
- St. Kuriakose Elias Chavara Churh Migging VillageTown not recordedView parish
- St. Mark’s Catholic Church Sarli TownTown not recordedView parish
- St. Mary’s Catholic ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- St. Mary’s Catholic Church SagaleeTown not recordedView parish
- St. Mary’s ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- St. Peter’s Church C/O Ferrando ConventTown not recordedView parish
- St. Peter’s Church DaminTown not recordedView parish
- St. Thomas ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- St. Thomas church MechukaTown not recordedView parish
- St. Thomas Parish Church Parsi-ParloTown not recordedView parish
- St. Vincent Pallotti ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Vincentian Mission Centre JoramTown not recordedView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Benny Varghese Edathattel
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The cathedral
St Joseph Cathedral, Itanagar stands in Itanagar, 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
Split from the Diocese of Tezpur on 7 December 2005, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Itanagar (Dioecesis Itanagarensis) in India is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Guwahati. John Thomas Kattrukudiyil served as its first bishop, and the St. Joseph's church in Itanagar is the cathedral of the diocese.