Diocese of

Itanagar

India India

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Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Itanagar / Itanagaren(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Guwahati

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Joseph

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

Present Prelates

Bishop (2023.06.29 – ...):Bishop Benny Varghese Edathattel (54)Bishop Benny Varghese Edathattel (54)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Itanagar (Roman Rite)

Bishop Benny Varghese Edathattel (54)Bishop Benny Varghese Edathattel (54)
(2023.06.29 – ...)

Bishop of Itanagar (India)

Born:1970.04.22 (Njayappilly, India)
Ordained Priest:1999.04.19
Consecrated Bishop:2023.10.15

Priest of Kohima (India) (1999.04.19 – 2023.06.29)

Bishop of Itanagar (India) (2023.06.29 – ...)

Bishop John Thomas Kattrukudiyil (76)Bishop John Thomas Kattrukudiyil (76)
(2005.12.07 – 2023.06.29)

Bishop emeritus of Itanagar (India)

He must increase and I must decrease

Born:1948.01.18 (Kothamangalam, India)
Ordained Priest:1975.02.03
Consecrated Bishop:1994.09.08

Bishop of Diphu (India) (1994.06.10 – 2005.12.07)

Bishop of Itanagar (India) (2005.12.07 – 2023.06.29)

Apostolic Administrator of Diphu (India) (2006.03.12 – 2007.02.14)

Special Churches

Tezpur (↙), Darjeeling (←), Kangding 康定 (↑), Miao (↗), Dibrugarh (→)

Statistics (2021.12.31)

Area: 52,283 km²

Population: 86,800 Catholics (11.1% of 782,900 total)

Pastoral Centres: 50 parishes

Personnel: 127 priests (29 diocesan, 98 religious), 273 religious (107 brothers, 166 sisters), 11 seminarians

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Last updated on 2024.10.13

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