Archdiocese of Shillong
Shillongen(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Shillong, India
The Archdiocese of Shillong is the Latin Catholic metropolitan see for Meghalaya, India. Originating as the Apostolic Prefecture of Assam in 1889 and raised to an archdiocese in 1969, it oversees suffragan dioceses including Tura, Agartala, Aizawl, Jowai, and Nongstoin.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 30 March 1992
- Latin
- Shillongen(sis)
- Patron
- Mary Help of Christians
- Annuario code
- 001003044
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 346,060
- Population
- 1,233,000
- Catholic share
- 28.1%
- Priests
- 189
- Catholics per priest
- 1,831
- Extent
- 5,196 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 67
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
- Archbishop
- Victor Lyngdoh
- Born
- 14 January 1956
- Birthplace
- Wahlang
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 Mary Help of Christians, Shillong stands in Shillong, 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 Shillong
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of AgartalaAgartala
- Diocese of AizawlAizawl
- Diocese of JowaiJowai
- Diocese of NongstoinNongstoin
- Diocese of TuraTura
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In northeastern India, the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Shillong (Latin: Shillongensis) exercises jurisdiction over two districts of the State of Meghalaya, Ri Bhoi and East Khasi Hills. It stands at the head of the Province of Shillong, an ecclesiastical province in Northeast India. Across the two districts it serves 346,060 followers in 49 parishes organized under 8 zones.
How to reach it
- Chancery
- Archbishop’s House, Laitumkhrah, Shillong-793003, Meghalaya, India
- Telephone
- 943.6302.665; 700.5685.151
- [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].