Diocese of

Tura

India India

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Tura / Turan(us) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Shillong

Neighbouring Dioceses: Rajshahi (ā†™), Dinajpur (ā†), Bongaigaon (ā†‘), Guwahati (ā†—), Nongstoin (ā†’), Mymensingh (ā†“)

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Mary Help of Christians

Liturgical Calendar (National) šŸ“…

History

Present Prelates

Bishop (2007.04.21 ā€“ ...):Bishop Andrew Raksam Marak (76)Bishop Andrew Raksam Marak (76)
Auxiliary Bishop (2020.02.24 ā€“ ...):Bishop Jose Chirackal (65)Bishop Jose Chirackal (65)

Titular Bishop of Acufida

Ordinaries

Bishops of Tura (Roman Rite)

Bishop Andrew Raksam Marak (76)Bishop Andrew Raksam Marak (76)
(2007.04.21 ā€“ ...)

Bishop of Tura (India)

The cross is our Saviour

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

Priest of Tura (India) (1982.02.10 ā€“ 2004.06.03)

Coadjutor Bishop of Tura (India) (2004.06.03 ā€“ 2007.04.21)

Bishop of Tura (India) (2007.04.21 ā€“ ...)

Bishop George Mamalassery
(1979.01.12 ā€“ 2007.04.21)

The light of the Lord

Born:1932.04.22 (Kalathoor, India)
Ordained Priest:1960.04.23
Consecrated Bishop:1979.03.19
Died:2024.07.05 (Tura, India ā€  92)

Priest of Shillongā€“Gauhati (India) (1960.04.23 ā€“ 1979.01.12)

Bishop of Tura (India) (1979.01.12 ā€“ 2007.04.21)

Bishop Orestes Marengo, S.D.B.
(Apostolic Administrator 1969.06.26 ā€“ 1979.01.12)

Former Prelates

Special Churches

Rajshahi (ā†™), Dinajpur (ā†), Bongaigaon (ā†‘), Guwahati (ā†—), Nongstoin (ā†’), Mymensingh (ā†“)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 8,167 kmĀ²

Population: 340,175 Catholics (28.2% of 1,206,572 total)

Pastoral Centres: 47 parishes

Personnel: 107 priests (53 diocesan, 54 religious), 381 religious (65 brothers, 316 sisters), 22 seminarians

Population

Pastoral Centres

Priests

Religious

Seminarians

Last updated on 2026.03.30

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