Diocese of Bongaigaon, India 🇮🇳

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Bongaigaon / Bongaigaonen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Guwahati

Neighbouring Dioceses: Dinajpur (↙), Jalpaiguri (←), Darjeeling (↑), Guwahati (→), Tura (↓)

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Patron Saint: Christ the Light of the World

2000.05.10: Established as Diocese of Bongaigaon / Bongaigaonen(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Guwahati and became suffragan of Guwahati)

Bishop (2000.05.10 – ...):

Bishop Thomas Pulloppillil (71)

Bishops of Bongaigaon (Roman Rite)

Bishop Thomas Pulloppillil (71)
(2000.05.10 – ...)

Bishop of Bongaigaon (India)

Priest of Kothamangalam of the Syro-Malabars (India) (1981.04.06 – 2000.05.10)

Bishop of Bongaigaon (India) (2000.05.10 – ...)

Area: 13,630 km²

Population: 73,800 Catholics (0.8% of 8,717,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 36 parishes, 1 mission

Personnel: 93 priests (44 diocesan, 49 religious), 318 religious (59 brothers, 259 sisters), 7 seminarians