Diocese of

Dibrugarh

India

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Dibrugarh / Dibrugarhen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Guwahati

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Website:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Sacred Heart of Jesus

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1951.07.12: Established as Diocese of Dibrugarh / Dibrugarhen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Shillong and became suffragan of Calcutta)
1964.01.16: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Tezpur
1973.01.29: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Kohima–Imphal
1995.07.10: Became suffragan of Guwahati
2005.12.07: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Miao

Present Prelates

Bishop (2021.02.15 – ...):

Bishop Albert Hemrom (56)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Dibrugarh (Roman Rite)

Bishop Albert Hemrom (56)
(2021.02.15 – ...)

Bishop of Dibrugarh (India)

Born:	1969.02.27 (Konapathar, India)
Ordained Priest:	1999.04.25
Consecrated Bishop:	2019.02.24

Priest of Dibrugarh (India) (1999.04.25 – 2018.12.02)

Coadjutor Bishop of Dibrugarh (India) (2018.12.02 – 2021.02.15)

Bishop of Dibrugarh (India) (2021.02.15 – ...)

Bishop Joseph Aind, S.D.B. (79)
(1994.11.11 – 2021.02.15)

Bishop emeritus of Dibrugarh (India)

Born:	1945.11.05 (Nahorani, India)
Ordained Priest:	1976.11.27
Consecrated Bishop:	1995.03.19

Bishop of Dibrugarh (India) (1994.11.11 – 2021.02.15)

Bishop Thomas Menamparampil, S.D.B. (89) (later Archbishop)
(1981.06.19 – 1992.03.30)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Guwahati (India)

At your word I will let down the net

Born:	1936.10.22 (Palai, India)
Ordained Priest:	1965.05.02
Consecrated Bishop:	1981.11.29

Bishop of Dibrugarh (India) (1981.06.19 – 1992.03.30)

Bishop of Guwahati (India) (1992.03.30 – 1995.07.10)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Guwahati (India) (1995.07.10 – 2012.01.18)

Apostolic Administrator of Jowai (India) (2014.01.11 – 2016.10.15)

Bishop Robert Kerketta, S.D.B.
(1970.05.21 – 1980.10.24)

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)

Archbishop Hubert D’Rosario, S.D.B.
(Apostolic Administrator 1969.06.26 – 1970.05.21)

Bishop Hubert D’Rosario, S.D.B. (later Archbishop)
(1964.07.06 – 1969.06.26)

Thy kingdom come

Born:	1919.02.21 (India)
Ordained Priest:	1947.04.16
Consecrated Bishop:	1964.09.06
Died:	1994.08.30 († 75)

Bishop of Dibrugarh (India) (1964.07.06 – 1969.06.26)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Gauhati–Shillong (India) (1969.06.26 – 1970.01.22)

Apostolic Administrator of Dibrugarh (India) (1969.06.26 – 1970.05.21)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Shillong–Gauhati (India) (1970.01.22 – 1992.03.30)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Shillong (India) (1992.03.30 – 1994.08.30)

Bishop Orestes Marengo, S.D.B.
(1951.07.12 – 1964.07.06)

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)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Albert Hemrom (56) (2018.12.02 – 2021.02.15)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, Dibrugarh, Assam

Itanagar (←), Miao (→), Kohima (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 26,194 km²

Population: 135,903 Catholics (1.8% of 7,376,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 38 parishes, 7 missions

Personnel: 152 priests (82 diocesan, 70 religious), 476 religious (148 brothers, 328 sisters), 31 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2025.10.24

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