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Diocese of Tura

Rite:

Latin

Population:

862,473

Status:

Diocese

Catholics:

258010

Founded:

01-Mar-73

Diocesan Priests:

Total area:

1500 Sq. km

Religious Priests:

Province:

Shillong

Religious Sisters:

257

Region:

North Eastern

Seminarians:

Patron:

Mary Help of Christians

Languages:

Garo Rapha Assamese Khasi Bengali English

Civil States:

Meghalaya: East Garo Hills North Garo Hills South Garo Hills West Garo Hills South West Garo Hills (Ampati) and the part of Goalpara district south of Brahmaputra River

Contact Diocese Office :

Bishop's HouseWest Garo Hills Tura 794 001MEGHALAYA

Telephone 1:

03651-22 23 70 / 22 13 18

Fax:

22 13 18

E-Mail Office:

nokbishop@sancharnet.in

Website:

turadiocese.org

Most Rev. Andrew R Marak, Bishops of Tura

Name:

Most Rev. Andrew R Marak

Designation:

Bishops

Canonical Possession:

2004-

Telephone (P):

E-mail (P):

Other Present & Retired Ordinaries of the Diocese of Tura

Bishops Name	Designation	Period
	Retired	1979-2007
	Aux.Bishop	2020-

Pilgrim Centres in theDiocese of Tura

Ecclesiastical Institutions

Social / Charitable Institutions / Care Centres

Educational Institutions

Parishes:

Hospitals:

Degree Colleges:

Major Seminaries:

Orphanages:

Technical Training Centres:

Minor Seminaries:

Special Schools:

High Schools:

Monastries:

Crèches:

Lower Primary Schools:

104

Convents:

Counselling Centres:

Presses & Media Centres:

Formation Houses:

Social Centres:

Professional Colleges:

Retreat Centres:

Dispensaries / Clinics:

Parallel Colleges:

Physically Challenged:

Higher Secondary :

Boarding Houses:

Upper Primary Schools:

HIV / AIDS Centres:

Nurseries/Pre-Primary :

115

De-addiction Centres:

Aged & Destitute:

History of the Diocese of Tura

Tura was made a diocese on April 7 1973 by detaching territories from the Archdiocese of Shillong - Guwahati. The diocese comprises East and West Garo Hills districts and the part of Goalpara district south of Brahmaputra River.

Bp Orestes Marengo sdb former Bishop of Dibrugarh and later Bishop of Tezpur from which he resigned in 1969 was appointed Apostolic Administrator of Tura. The Holy Father relieved Bp Marengo of the office of Apostolic Administrator of Tura on February 8 1979 and appointed Bp George Mamalassery of the Diocesan Clergy as the bishop.

Prelates of the Diocese of Tura

Bishops Name	Prelate's Status	Period	Bishops Name	Prelate's Status	Period
	Bishop	1979-2007