Diocese of Miao
Miaoen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Miao, India
Latin-rite diocese covering eastern Arunachal Pradesh, India, erected 7 December 2005 from the Diocese of Dibrugarh. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Guwahati, with the Cathedral of Christ the Light in Miao as its seat. Catholics number about 98,600 (2020), roughly 19% of the population.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 7 December 2005
- Latin
- Miaoen(sis)
- Patron
- Christ the Light
- Annuario code
- 001002240
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 98,600
- Population
- 508,000
- Catholic share
- 19.4%
- Priests
- 105
- Catholics per priest
- 939
- Extent
- 43,955 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 2.2
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
- George Palliparampil
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
Cathedral of Christ the Light, Miao stands in Miao, 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
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Guwahati.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of GuwahatiGuwahati
- Diocese of BongaigaonBongaigaon
- Diocese of DibrugarhDibrugarh
- Diocese of DiphuDiphu
- Diocese of ItanagarItanagar
- Diocese of TezpurTezpur
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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].