Roman Catholic Diocese of Miao

Diocese of Miao

*Dioecesis Miaoensis*

मियाओ के सूबा
Diocese of Miao; Dioecesis Miaoensis; मियाओ के सूबा
Location
Country	India
Ecclesiastical province	Guwahati
Metropolitan	Guwahati
Statistics
Area	43,955 km2 (16,971 sq mi)
Population; - Total; - Catholics (including non-members)	(as of 2020); 508,000; 98,600 (15.8%)
Parishes	30
Information
Denomination	Catholic
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	7 December 2005
Cathedral	Cathedral of Christ the Light in Miao
Patron saint	Christ the Light
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	George Palliparampil
Metropolitan Archbishop	John Moolachira
Website
	miaodiocese.com

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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Miao (Latin: Dioecesis Miaoensis) is a diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of Guwahati. It is located in Miao in India.

It was created on 7 December 2005, by splitting it from the Diocese of Dibrugarh. Its first bishop is George Palliparampil. The Christ the Light Shrine in Miao is the cathedral of the diocese. The cathedral was built and blessed in 2011.^{[citation needed]}

The diocese covers 8 districts of the state of Arunachal Pradesh - Tirap, Changlang, Lohit, Longding, Anjaw, Namsai, Dibang Valley and Lower Dibang Valley Districts. Neighboring dioceses are Itanagar and Dibrugarh to the west. To the north and northeast is China, to the south and southeast Myanmar.^{[citation needed]}

The diocese covers an area of 31,445 km². As of 2005, 59,030 of the 420,000 people in the area are members of the Catholic Church. The diocese is subdivided into 31 parishes.^{[citation needed]}

Saints and causes for canonisation

Servants of God Fr. Nicolas-Michel Krick, MEP and Fr. Augustin-Etienne Bourry, MEP^[1]

References

↑ "Saints & Blessed – CCBI". Retrieved 17 October 2019.

External links

Coordinates: 27°29′05″N 96°12′28″E / 27.4846°N 96.2077°E / 27.4846; 96.2077

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[CCBI-1] "Saints & Blessed – CCBI". Retrieved 17 October 2019.

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