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{{Infobox diocese<br />
|jurisdiction = Metropolitan Archdiocese<br />
|name = Shillong<br />
|latin = Archidioecesis Shillongensis<br />
|local = शिलांग के सूबा<br />
|image = Church of Shillong.JPG<br />
|caption = Cathedral of Mary Help of Christians<br />
|country = [[India]]<br />
|province = Province of Shillong<br />
|sui_iuris_church = [[Latin Church]]<br />
|rite = [[Roman Rite]]<br />
|cathedral = [[Cathedral of Mary Help of Christians]] in [[Shillong]]<br />
|cocathedral = <br />
|area_km2 = 5,196<br />
|population = 1,155,000<br />
|population_as_of = 2018<br />
|catholics = 320,063<br />
|catholics_percent= 26.7<br />
|priests =172<br />
|pope = {{Incumbent pope}}<br />
|metro_archbishop = ''[[Victor Lyngdoh]]''<br />
|coadjutor = <br />
|auxiliary_bishops= <br />
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[[File:Shillong Mary Help of Christians Cathedral - Meghalaya.jpg|thumb|250px|Statue of [[Mary Help of Christians]] on the facade of the cathedral]]<br />
The '''Metropolitan Archdiocese of Shillong''' ({{lang-la|Shillongensis}}) is a Roman Catholic [[archdiocese]] in the state of [[Meghalaya]], in northeastern [[India]]. The Archdiocese of Shillong is the [[metropolitan diocese]] of the Province of Shillong, an [[ecclesiastical province]] in [[Northeast India]]. It serves 320,063 followers in 35 parishes in the districts of [[East Khasi Hills]] and [[Ri Bhoi]] of Meghalaya.<br />
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==History==<br />
* Established on 15 December 1889 as the '''[[Apostolic Prefecture]] of Assam''' on territory split off from the [[Diocese of Krishnagar]]<br />
* 9 July 1934: Promoted as '''Diocese of Shillong'''<br />
* Lost territory on 12 July 1951 to establish the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Dibrugarh]]<br />
* Lost territory again on 16 January 1964 to establish the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Tezpur]]<br />
* 26 June 1969: Promoted as ''' Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gauhati–Shillong'''<br />
* 22 January 1970: Renamed as ''' Metropolitan Archdiocese of Shillong–Gauhati'''<br />
* Lost territory to establish the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Tura]] on 1973.03.01 and again on 1983.12.05 to establish the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Diphu]]<br />
* 30 March 1992: Renamed as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Shillong<br />
* Lost territory on 28 January 2006 to establish the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Nongstoin]] and the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Jowai]]<br />
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== Cathedrals ==<br />
The [[cathedral]] of the Archdiocese is the [[Cathedral of Mary Help of Christians]], in [[Shillong]]. It was built over 50 years ago. This place of worship stands on the very site of the first Church built by the German fathers ([[Salvatorians]] from [[Germany]]).<br />
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The earlier 1913 building – the Church of the Divine Saviour – was a wooden structure. <br />
It was destroyed in the Good Friday fire of 10 April 1936. Built by the first Catholic missionaries to set foot on these hills, the Salvatorians from Germany, it was the first Catholic Cathedral in what was then the Mission of Assam.<br />
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== Ordinaries ==<br />
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; ''Apostolic Prefects of Assam''<br />
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* [[Lorenz Hopfenmuller|Fr. Otto Hopfenmüller]], [[Salvatorians]] (S.D.S.) (1890)<br />
* Fr. [[Angelus Münzloher]], (S.D.S.) (1890 - 1906)<br />
* Fr. [[Cristoforo Becker]], (S.D.S.) (1906 – 1921)<br />
* Fr. Louis Mathias, S.D.B. (December 15, 1922 – July 9, 1934 ''see below'')<br />
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; ''Bishops of Shillong''<br />
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* [[Louis Mathias]], S.D.B. (''see above'' 9 July 1934 – 25 March 1935), later Metropolitan Archbishop of [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Madras|Madras]] (India) (1935.03.25 – 1952.11.13) and Metropolitan Archbishop of (renamed) [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Madras and Mylapore|Madras and Mylapore]](India) (1952.11.13 – 1965.08.02)<br />
* [[Stephen Ferrando]], S.D.B. (26 November 1935 – 26 June 1969); previously Bishop of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Krishnagar|Krishnagar]] (India) (1934.07.09 – 1935.11.26), later [[Titular Archbishop]] of [[Troina]] (1969.06.26 – 1978.06.21)<br />
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; ''Metropolitan Archbishops of Gauhati–Shillong''<br />
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* [[Hubert D Rosario]], S.D.B. (1969.06.26 – 1970.01.22 ''see below''), previously Bishop of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Dibrugarh|Dibrugarh]] (India) (1964.07.06 – 1969.06.26)<br />
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; Metropolitan Archbishops ''of Shillong – Gauhati''<br />
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* Hubert D’Rosario, S.D.B. (''as above'' 26 June 1969 – 30 March 1992 ''see below'')<br />
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; Metropolitan Archbishops of Shillong<br />
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* [[Hubert D’Rosario]], S.D.B. (''as above'' 30 March 1992 – 30 August 1994)<br />
* [[Tarcisius Resto Phanrang]], S.D.B. (2 August 1995 – 5 May 1999), previously Titular Bishop of [[Corniculana]] & [[Auxiliary Bishop]] of Shillong (India) (1990.06.11 – 1995.08.02)<br />
* [[Dominic Jala]], S.D.B. (22 December 1999 – 10 October 2019)<br />
*[[Victor Lyngdoh]] (28 December 2020 – Present)<br />
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== Ecclesiastical Province of Shillong ==<br />
The Province of Shillong comprises the following [[suffragan]] dioceses that has Shillong as its [[metropolitan see]]:<br />
* [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Agartala|Agartala]]<br />
* [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Aizawl|Aizawl]]<br />
* [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Jowai|Jowai]]<br />
* [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Nongstoin|Nongstoin]]<br />
* [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Tura|Tura]]<br />
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==Saints and causes for canonisation==<br />
* Ven. [[Stephen Ferrando]]<ref name="CCBI">{{Cite web|url=http://ccbi.in/saints-blessed/|title=Saints & Blessed – CCBI|accessdate=17 October 2019}}</ref><br />
* Servant of God [[Constantine Vendrame]], SDB<ref name="CCBI" /><br />
* [[Lorenz Hopfenmuller]] (Otto)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://newsaints.faithweb.com/year/1890.htm|title=1890|website=newsaints.faithweb.com|accessdate=17 October 2019}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==Sources and external links==<br />
{{Wikisource1913CatholicEnc|Assam|Apostolic Prefecture of Assam}}<br />
* [http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/shil0.htm GCatholic.org, with incumbent biography links] [[Wikipedia:SPS|{{sup|[''self-published'']}}]]<br />
* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dshil.html Catholic Hierarchy] [[Wikipedia:SPS|{{sup|[''self-published'']}}]]<br />
* [http://www.shillongarchdiocese.org/ Archdiocese website]<br />
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