Diocese of

Jowai

India 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

Present Prelates

Bishop (2023.07.08 – ...):Bishop Ferdinand Dhkar (62)Bishop Ferdinand Dhkar (62)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Jowai (Roman Rite)

Bishop Ferdinand Dhkar (62)Bishop Ferdinand Dhkar (62)
(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 – ...)

Archbishop Victor Lyngdoh (69)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)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

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

Population

Pastoral Centres

Priests

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Seminarians

Last updated on 2025.01.27

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