Diocese of

Tezpur

India

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Tezpur / Tezpuren(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Guwahati

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint John Bosco

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1964.01.16: Established as Diocese of Tezpur / Tezpuren(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Darjeeling, Diocese of Dibrugarh and Diocese of Shillong and became suffragan of Calcutta)
1969.06.26: Became suffragan of Gauhati–Shillong
1975.01.20: Lost territory to Diocese of Darjeeling
1992.03.30: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Guwahati
1995.07.10: Became suffragan of Guwahati
2005.12.07: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Itanagar

Present Prelates

Bishop (2007.12.03 – ...):

Bishop Michael Akasius Toppo (69)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Tezpur (Roman Rite)

Bishop Michael Akasius Toppo (69)
(2007.12.03 – ...)

Bishop of Tezpur (India)

Omnia omnibus amoris

Born:	1955.05.08 (Gormara, India)
Ordained Priest:	1986.01.26
Consecrated Bishop:	2008.03.02

Priest of Tezpur (India) (1986.01.26 – 2007.12.03)

Bishop of Tezpur (India) (2007.12.03 – ...)

Bishop Robert Kerketta, S.D.B.
(1980.10.24 – 2007.12.03)

Trust in the Lord and do good

Born:	1932.10.22 (India)
Ordained Priest:	1963.02.11
Consecrated Bishop:	1970.10.18
Died:	2018.12.22 († 86)

Bishop of Dibrugarh (India) (1970.05.21 – 1980.10.24)

Bishop of Tezpur (India) (1980.10.24 – 2007.12.03)

Bishop Joseph Mittathany (later Archbishop)
(1969.06.26 – 1980.03.28)

My heart and soul in the Gospel

Born:	1931.07.12 (Kalikavu, India)
Ordained Priest:	1959.04.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1969.09.27
Died:	2022.07.11 (Koirengei, India † 90)

Bishop of Tezpur (India) (1969.06.26 – 1980.03.28)

Bishop of Imphal (India) (1980.03.28 – 1995.07.10)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Imphal (India) (1995.07.10 – 2006.07.12)

Bishop Orestes Marengo, S.D.B.
(1964.07.06 – 1969.06.26)

Born:	1906.08.29 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1932.04.02
Consecrated Bishop:	1951.12.27
Died:	1998.07.30 († 91)

Bishop of Dibrugarh (India) (1951.07.12 – 1964.07.06)

Bishop of Tezpur (India) (1964.07.06 – 1969.06.26)

Apostolic Administrator of Tura (India) (1969.06.26 – 1979.01.12)

Titular Bishop of Arsacal (1969.06.26 – 1998.07.30)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of St. John Bosco, Tezpur, Assam

Guwahati (↙), Darjeeling (↖), Itanagar (↗), Diphu (↘)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 15,320 km²

Population: 193,242 Catholics (2.3% of 8,375,455 total)

Pastoral Centres: 35 parishes, 1 mission

Personnel: 134 priests (71 diocesan, 63 religious), 425 religious (143 brothers, 282 sisters), 30 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2024.11.18

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