Suffragan diocese Jowai, India
Diocese of Jowai
Iovaien(sis)
Latin Church
The Diocese of Jowai is a Latin Catholic diocese in Meghalaya, India, covering the East and West Jaintia Hills districts. It was erected in 2006 as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Shillong.
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- Established
- 2006
- Catholics
- 111,930
- Priests
- 49
- Territory
- 3,819 km²
Parishes and churches
14 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- St. Theresa of LisieuxJowai · CathedralView parish
- AnnunciationNamdongView parish
- Good ShepherdLad RymbaiView parish
- Holy CrossUmkiangView parish
- Holy FamilyJowaiView parish
- Holy SpiritUmmulongView parish
- Holy TrinitySutngaView parish
- Immaculate ConceptionMookyndengView parish
- Ka Syiem JingsukAmlaramView parish
- Krist SyiemBaratoView parish
- St. EugeneLakadongView parish
- St. JosephMynsngatView parish
- St. Mary ClaretPhramerView parish
- VisitationLumshnongView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Ferdinand Dhkar
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The cathedral
Cathedral of St. Theresa of Lisieux, Jowai stands in Jowai, 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
In the town of Jowai in India, within the ecclesiastical province of Shillong, lies the Roman Catholic Diocese of Jowai (Latin: Iovaien(sis)). Its territory of 3,819 square kilometers takes in the districts of East and West Jaintia Hills in Meghalaya.