Diocese of Nongstoin, India 🇮🇳

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Nongstoin / Nongstoinen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Shillong

Neighbouring Dioceses: Mymensingh (↙), Tura (←), Guwahati (↗), Sylhet (↘)

Patron Saint: Saint Peter

2006.01.28: Established as Diocese of Nongstoin / Nongstoinen(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Shillong and became suffragan of Shillong)

Bishop (2023.02.04 – ...):

Bishop Wilbert Marwein (56)

Bishops of Nongstoin (Roman Rite)

Bishop Wilbert Marwein (56)
(2023.02.04 – ...)

Bishop of Nongstoin (India)

Priest of Shillong (India) (2003.04.27 – 2006.01.28)

Priest of Nongstoin (India) (2006.01.28 – 2023.02.04)

Bishop of Nongstoin (India) (2023.02.04 – ...)

Archbishop Dominic Jala, S.D.B.
(Apostolic Administrator 2016.10.15 – 2019.10.10)

Bishop Victor Lyngdoh (70) (later Archbishop)
(2006.01.28 – 2016.10.15)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Shillong (India)

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 – ...)

Mymensingh (↙), Tura (←), Guwahati (↗), Sylhet (↘)

Area: 5,247 km²

Population: 174,072 Catholics (28.2% of 616,380 total)

Pastoral Centres: 22 parishes

Personnel: 58 priests (23 diocesan, 35 religious), 35 religious (35 brothers), 20 seminarians