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	==Statistics==		==Statistics==
	When the ~~New~~ diocese of Jowai was erected in the year 2006, it had 59,095 baptized Catholics in the territory which covers Jaintia hills district under 7 parishes.The ~~Diocese~~ have steadily been growing through the years and in 2019 the population of Catholics in the territory have grown to 106,027 under 17 parishes.		When the new diocese of Jowai was erected in the year 2006, it had 59,095 baptized Catholics in the territory which covers Jaintia hills district under 7 parishes. The diocese have steadily been growing through the years and in 2019 the population of Catholics in the territory have grown to 106,027 under 17 parishes.

	==Leadership==		==Leadership==

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{{Infobox diocese
|jurisdiction = Diocese
|name = Jowai
|latin = Dioecesis Iovaiensis
|local = जोवाई के सूबा
|country = {{flag|India}}
|metropolitan = [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Shillong|Shillong]]
|province = [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Shillong|Shillong]]
|rite = [[Latin Rite]]
|cathedral = Cathedral of St. Theresa of Lisieux in [[Jowai]]
|cocathedral =
|area_km2 = 3,819
|population = 454,345
|population_as_of = 2019
|catholics = 106,027
|catholics_percent= 23.2
|pope = {{Incumbent pope}}
|bishop = vacant
|apostolic_admin =
|metro_archbishop = [[Victor Lyngdoh]]
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The '''Roman Catholic Diocese of Jowai''' ({{lang-la| Iovaien(sis)}}) is a [[diocese]] located in the town of [[Jowai]] in the [[Ecclesiastical province]] of [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Shillong|Shillong]] in India. In a land area of 3,819 square kilometers, the diocesan territory covers the districts of East and West Jaintia Hills in Meghalaya.

==History==
The Diocese of Jowai was erected on January 28, 2006 by Pope Benedict XVI, and Father Vincent Kympat was appointed its first bishop. He was ordained on April 2, 2006 by the Apostolic Nuncio to India, Archbishop Pedro Lopez Quintana.

==Statistics==
When the New diocese of Jowai was erected in the year 2006, it had 59,095 baptized Catholics in the territory which covers Jaintia hills district under 7 parishes.The Diocese have steadily been growing through the years and in 2019 the population of Catholics in the territory have grown to 106,027 under 17 parishes.

==Leadership==
* [[Bishop]]s of Jowai ([[Latin Rite]])
** Bishop [[Vincent Kympat]] (January 28, 2006 – July 30, 2011)
Bishop Vincent Kympat was born December 17, 1946 in Moosutong in Shillong Diocese. He was ordained a priest on January 23, 1977 in the diocese of Shillong. He was appointed Bishop of Jowai on January 28, 2006 and was ordained on April 2, 2006. Before becoming a prelate Bishop Kympat was the chairman of Faith Formation Commission and Diocesan Coordinator for Small Christian Communities in the Archdiocese of Shillong.

He was the Chairman of Small Christian Communities Commission in North Eastern Regional Bishops' Council of India before he died on July 30, 2011.<ref>http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2014/02/03/0081/00169.html</ref>

==References==

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==External links==
* [http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/jowa0.htm GCatholic.org] [[Wikipedia:SPS|{{sup|[''self-published'']}}]]
* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/djowa.html Catholic Hierarchy] [[Wikipedia:SPS|{{sup|[''self-published'']}}]]

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