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| jurisdiction = Diocese<!-- Type of jurisdiction: i.e. Diocese or Archdiocese --><br />
| name = Itanagar<br />
| latin = Dioecesis Itanagarensis<br />
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<!---- Locations ----><br />
| country = {{flag|India}}<br />
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| province = [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Guwahati|Guwahati]]<br />
| metropolitan = [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Guwahati|Guwahati]]<br />
| deaneries = 4<br />
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| area_km2 = 52,288<br />
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| population = 825,590<br />
| population_as_of = 2013<br />
| catholics = 75,182<br />
| catholics_percent = 9.1<br />
| parishes = 27<br />
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| denomination = [[Catholic Church|Catholic]]<br />
| sui_iuris_church = [[Latin Church]]<br />
| rite = [[Roman Rite]]<br />
| established = {{start date and age|2005}}<br />
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| cathedral = Cathedral of St Joseph in [[Itanagar]]<br />
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| patron = [[Saint Joseph]]<br />
| priests = 82<br />
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| bishop = John Thomas Kattrukudiyil<br />
| metro_archbishop = John Moolachira<br />
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| vicar_general = Jacob Mattathilany<br />
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The '''Roman Catholic Diocese of Itanagar''' (''Dioecesis Itanagarensis'') in [[India]] was created on 7 December 2005 by splitting it from the [[Diocese of Tezpur]]. It is a [[suffragan diocese]] of the [[Archdiocese of Guwahati]]. Its first [[bishop]] was [[John Thomas Kattrukudiyil]]. The [[St. Joseph]]'s church in Itanagar is the cathedral of the diocese.<br />
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The [[diocese]] covers 10 districts of the state of [[Arunachal Pradesh]] - Tawang, West Kameng, East Kameng, Papum Pare, Upper Subansiri, Lower Subansiri, Kurung Kamay, West Siang, East Siang and Upper Siang. Neighboring dioceses are the [[Diocese of Tezpur]] to the south, the [[Diocese of Miao]] to the east. To the west is [[Bhutan]], to the north [[China]].<br />
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The diocese covers an area of 52,288&nbsp;km². As of 2005, 101,689 of the 660,000 people in the area are member of the Catholic Church. The diocese is subdivided into 11 [[parish]]es.<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/itan0.htm GCatholic.org]<br />
*[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/ditan.html Catholic-hierarchy.org]<br />
*[http://www.fides.org/aree/news/newsdet.php?idnews=6342&lan=eng Vatican press release on the creation]<br />
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