Diocese of Jowai, India

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Jowai / Iovaien(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Shillong

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

2006.01.28: Established as Diocese of Jowai / Iovaien(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Shillong and became suffragan of Shillong)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2023.07.08 – ...):

Bishop Ferdinand Dhkar (63)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Jowai (Roman Rite)

Bishop Ferdinand Dhkar (63)
(2023.07.08 – ...)

Bishop of Jowai (India)

Born:	1962.02.26 (Longkaluh, India)
Ordained Priest:	1994.01.23
Consecrated Bishop:	2023.10.01

Priest of Jowai (India) (1994.01.23 – 2023.07.08)

Bishop of Jowai (India) (2023.07.08 – ...)

Bishop Victor Lyngdoh (69) (later Archbishop)
(2016.10.15 – 2020.12.28)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Shillong (India)

For life, I obey God

Born:	1956.01.14 (Wahlang, India)
Ordained Priest:	1987.01.25
Consecrated Bishop:	2006.04.02

Priest of Shillong (India) (1987.01.25 – 2006.01.28)

Bishop of Nongstoin (India) (2006.01.28 – 2016.10.15)

Bishop of Jowai (India) (2016.10.15 – 2020.12.28)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Shillong (India) (2020.12.28 – ...)

Archbishop Thomas Menamparampil, S.D.B. (88)
(Apostolic Administrator 2014.01.11 – 2016.10.15)

Bishop Vincent Kympat
(2006.01.28 – 2011.07.30)

Born:	1946.12.17 (India)
Ordained Priest:	1977.01.23
Consecrated Bishop:	2006.04.02
Died:	2011.07.30 († 64)

Priest of Shillong (India) (1977.01.23 – 2006.01.28)

Bishop of Jowai (India) (2006.01.28 – 2011.07.30)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of St. Theresa of Lisieux, Jowai, Meghālaya

Churches by City (15)

Sylhet (↙), Shillong (←), Guwahati (↖), Diphu (↗), Aizawl (↘)

Statistics (2020.12.31)

Area: 3,819 km²

Population: 114,000 Catholics (25.6% of 446,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 18 parishes, 1 mission

Personnel: 49 priests (19 diocesan, 30 religious), 167 religious (50 brothers, 117 sisters), 22 seminarians