Diocese of Kohima
Kohimaën(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Kohima, India
Latin-rite diocese covering Nagaland, India, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Imphal. Originated as the Diocese of Kohima-Imphal (erected 29 January 1973 from the Diocese of Dibrugarh) and became the Diocese of Kohima on 28 March 1980 when that see was divided. Its seat is the Mary Help of Christians Cathedral in Kohima.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 28 March 1980
- Latin
- Kohimaën(sis)
- Patron
- Mary Help of Christians
- Annuario code
- 001001879
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 61,731
- Population
- 2,427,000
- Catholic share
- 2.5%
- Priests
- 192
- Catholics per priest
- 322
- Extent
- 16,579 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 3.7
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
- James Thoppil
- Born
- 8 May 1959
- Birthplace
- Kottayam
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
Mary Help of Christians Cathedral, Kohima stands in Kohima, 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 Imphal
A suffragan of Imphal.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of ImphalImphal
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
How to reach it
- Chancery
- Bishop’s House, New Ministers Hill, P.O. Box 519, Kohima-797001, Nagaland, India
- Telephone
- 700.5302.507
- [email protected]
This see keeps no website of its own, so its chancery is published here: withholding it would protect nothing and leave a reader with nowhere to go. Where a see publishes its own site, the register sends you there instead.
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 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
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].