Continent: South and East Asia
Rite: Roman (Latin)
Type: Diocese
Name: Jowai / Iovaien(sis) (Latin)
Ecclesiastical Province: Shillong
Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation
Patron Saint: Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus
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Bishop (2023.07.08 – ...): | Bishop Ferdinand Dhkar (62) |
Bishops of Jowai (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Bishop Ferdinand Dhkar (62) Bishop of Jowai (India)
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Bishop Victor Lyngdoh (69) (later Archbishop) Metropolitan Archbishop of Shillong (India)
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Archbishop Thomas Menamparampil, S.D.B. (88) | ||||||||||
Bishop Vincent Kympat
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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
Last updated on 2025.01.27
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