Diocese of

Tura

India

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Area: 8,167 km²

Population: 308,772 Catholics (26.3% of 1,172,000 total) (2018)

Statistics: 43 parishes, 97 priests (51 diocesan, 46 religious), 374 lay religious (81 brothers, 293 sisters), 24 seminarians (2018)

Ecclesiastical Province: Shillong

Neighbouring Dioceses: Rajshahi (↙), Dinajpur (←), Bongaigaon (↑), Guwahati (↗), Nongstoin (→), Mymensingh (↓)

Depends on: Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples

Patron Saint: Mary Help of Christians

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History

1973.03.01: Established as Diocese of Tura / Turan(us) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Shillong–Gauhati)
1992.03.30: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Guwahati

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of Mary Help of Christians, Tura, Meghalaya

Rajshahi (↙), Dinajpur (←), Bongaigaon (↑), Guwahati (↗), Nongstoin (→), Mymensingh (↓)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2007.04.21 – ...):	Bishop Andrew Raksam Marak (71)
Auxiliary Bishop (2020.02.24 – ...):	Bishop Jose Chirackal (60) Titular Bishop of Acufida

Ordinaries

Bishops of Tura (Roman Rite)

Bishop Andrew Raksam Marak (71)
(2007.04.21 – ...)

Bishop of Tura (India)

The cross is our Saviour

Born:	1950.02.05 (India)
Ordained Priest:	1982.02.10
Consecrated Bishop:	2004.10.03

Coadjutor Bishop of Tura (India) (2004.06.03 – 2007.04.21)

Bishop of Tura (India) (2007.04.21 – ...)

Bishop George Mamalassery (88)
(1979.01.12 – 2007.04.21)

Bishop emeritus of Tura (India)

The light of the Lord

Born:	1932.04.22 (India)
Ordained Priest:	1960.04.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1979.03.19

Bishop of Tura (India) (1979.01.12 – 2007.04.21)

Bishop Orestes Marengo, S.D.B.
(Apostolic Administrator 1969.06.26 – 1979.01.12)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Andrew Raksam Marak (71) (2004.06.03 – 2007.04.21)

as of 2021.03.01

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