Suffragan diocese Nongstoin, India
Diocese of Nongstoin
Nongstoinen(sis)
Latin Church
Latin-rite diocese in the West Khasi Hills region of Meghalaya, India, erected 28 January 2006 by bifurcation from the Archdiocese of Shillong, of which it is a suffragan. Its seat is the Cathedral of St. Peter the Apostle in Nongstoin, and Catholics number about 164,300 (2020), some 28% of the population.
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- Established
- 2006
- Catholics
- 164,334
- Priests
- 58
- Territory
- 5,247 km²
Parishes and churches
25 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Cathedral of St. Peter the ApostleTown not recorded · CathedralView parish
- KynshiKynshiView parish
- MairangMairangView parish
- MaweitMaweitView parish
- MawkhlamMawkhlamView parish
- MawkyrwatMawkyrwatView parish
- MawlangdepMawlangdepView parish
- MawpatMawpatView parish
- MawthongMawthongView parish
- MunaiMunaiView parish
- NonbahNonbahView parish
- NonghyllamNonghyllamView parish
- NongjriNongjriView parish
- NongkasenNongkasenView parish
- NongkhlawNongkhlawView parish
- NongthliewNongthliewView parish
- PariongPariongView parish
- PyndengreiPyndengreiView parish
- RambraiRambraiView parish
- RangblangRangblangView parish
- RengdimRengdimView parish
- ShallangShallangView parish
- SonapaharSonapaharView parish
- UmdangUmdangView parish
- UmwahlangUmwahlangView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Wilbert Marwein
- Born
- 17 February 1970
- Birthplace
- Rangblang-Sohsyniang
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The cathedral
Cathedral of St. Peter the Apostle, Nongstoin stands in Nongstoin, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
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