Suffragan diocese Tura, India
Diocese of Tura
Turan(us)
Latin Church
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.
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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.
- Church of St. Luke, Tura: WalbakgreTuraView parish
- Church of St. Mary’s, ChidimitChidimitView parish
- Church of St. Mathew, RimrangparaRimrangparaView parish
- Church of St. Michael, RabhagreRabhagreView parish
- Church of St. Paul, MangsangMangsangView parish
- Church of St. Peter, PurakasiaPurakasiaView parish
- Church of St. Sebastian, Tura: DanakgreTuraView parish
- Church of St. Teresa of Child Jesus, DadenggreDadenggreView parish
- Church of St. Thomas, ChokpotChokpotView parish
- Church of the Assumption, TikrikillaTikrikillaView parish
- Church of the Holy Cross, Tura: RongkhonTuraView parish
- Church of the Resurrection, ResubelparaResubelparaView parish
- Church of the Sacred Heart, Tura: ChandmariTuraView parish
- Church of the Sacred Heart, WilliamnagarWilliamnagarView parish
- Sacred Heart Church, DamasDamasView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
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.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
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.