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Diocese of Dibrugarh

Dioecesis Dibrugarhensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Albert Hemrom, Bishop
  • Joseph Aind, S.D.B., Bishop Emeritus

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 12 July 1951
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Guwahati
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: India
  • Square Kilometers: 26,192 (10,116 Square Miles)
  • Description: Civil districts of Tinsukia, Dibrugarh, Sivasagar, Jorhat and Golaghat in Assam
  • Official Web Site: http://www.dibrugarhdiocese.org/
  • Mailing Address: Bishop's House, P.O. Box 50, Dibrugarh-786001, Assam, India
  • Telephone: (0373)2324.436; 2321.496

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
12 July 1951ErectedDiocese of Shillong (Lakimpur, Naga Hills, Sibsagar, and Manipur) Diocese of Dibrugarh (erected)
16 January 1964Territory LostDiocese of Dibrugarh (Subansiri, Siang, and part of Lakhimpur)
Diocese of Shillong (Darrang, Nowgong, and parts of Goalpara and Kamrup)
Diocese of Tezpur (erected)
26 June 1969Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Dibrugarh (from Calcutta)
29 January 1973Territory LostDiocese of Dibrugarh (Nagaland and Manipur) Diocese of Kohima-Imphal (erected)
10 July 1995Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Dibrugarh (from Shillong)
7 December 2005Territory LostDiocese of Dibrugarh (Tirap, Changlang, Lohit, Anjaw, Lower Dibang Valley, and Upper Dibang Valley) Diocese of Miao (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
196958,2913,487,0001.7%1130411,4213412114ap1971
198063,4203,834,0001.7%1420341,865219818ap1981
199088,6705,076,5001.7%4532771,1514115632ap1991
1999156,8496,500,0002.4%5048981,6007023530ap2000
2000164,4826,742,0002.4%62561181,3937826330ap2001
2001167,7717,416,2002.3%58561141,4717425630ap2004
2004175,6807,720,2112.3%62601221,4407426030ap2005
2005100,0006,063,7611.6%6615811,234824029bul7Dec05
2006101,0006,125,0001.6%60491099266424529ap2007
2013114,1726,724,0001.7%63511141,00110229334ap2014
2016117,2366,989,0001.7%696213189412630937ap2017
2019120,2987,227,1951.7%737014384113631042ap2020
2021134,8557,230,4451.9%807715785815332237ap2022

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 44, Page 167, to Page 169
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 62, Page 29, and Page 30
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 87, Page 1,081, and Page 1,082

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