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Suffragan diocese Tura, India

Diocese of Tura

Turan(us)

Latin-rite diocese in the Garo Hills of Meghalaya, India, erected 1 March 1973 from the Archdiocese of Shillong-Gauhati. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Shillong, seated at the Cathedral of Mary Help of Christians in Tura.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Cathedral of Mary Help of Christians, Tura, in Tura, India.

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Established
1973
Catholics
326,716
Priests
91
Territory
8,500 km²

Parishes and churches

45 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Bishop
Andrew Marak

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The cathedral

Cathedral of Mary Help of Christians, Tura stands in Tura, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

The city of Tura is the seat of this diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Turana), which forms part of the ecclesiastical province of Shillong in India.