Metropolitan Archdiocese of

Guwahati

India

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Guwahati / Guvahatin(us) (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: Bongaigaon, Dibrugarh, Diphu, Itanagar, Miao, Tezpur

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Website:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Christ the Bearer of the Good News

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1992.03.30: Established as Diocese of Guwahati / Guvahatin(us) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Shillong–Gauhati, Diocese of Tezpur and Diocese of Tura and became suffragan of Shillong)
1995.07.10: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Guwahati / Guvahatin(us) (Latin) (with suffragan sees Dibrugarh, Diphu and Tezpur)
2000.05.10: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Bongaigaon and gained suffragan see Bongaigaon
2005.12.07: Gained suffragan sees Itanagar and Miao

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2012.01.18 – ...):

Archbishop John Moolachira (73)

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Guwahati (Roman Rite)

Archbishop John Moolachira (73)
(2012.01.18 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Guwahati (India)

Thy kingdom come

Born:	1951.12.14 (Puthusserykadavu, India)
Ordained Priest:	1978.10.23
Consecrated Bishop:	2007.04.15

Priest of Tezpur (India) (1978.10.23 – 2007.02.14)

Bishop of Diphu (India) (2007.02.14 – 2011.04.09)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Guwahati (India) (2011.04.09 – 2012.01.18)

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

Archbishop Thomas Menamparampil, S.D.B. (88)
(1995.07.10 – 2012.01.18)

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)

Bishops of Guwahati (Roman Rite)

Bishop Thomas Menamparampil, S.D.B. (88) (later Archbishop)
(1992.03.30 – 1995.07.10)

(see above)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop John Moolachira (73) (2011.04.09 – 2012.01.18)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Christ the Bearer of the Good News Cathedral, Guwahati, Assam
Co-Cathedral: St. Joseph’s Co-Cathedral, Guwahati, Assam

Nongstoin (↙), Tura (↙), Bongaigaon (←), Darjeeling (↑), Tezpur (↗), Jowai (↘), Shillong (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 13,961 km²

Population: 58,420 Catholics (0.6% of 9,637,922 total)

Pastoral Centres: 46 parishes, 5 missions

Personnel: 201 priests (46 diocesan, 155 religious), 712 religious (197 brothers, 515 sisters), 24 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2025.01.03

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