Diocese of Tezpur is a

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that has its seat in

Tezpur Tezpur () is a city and urban agglomeration in Sonitpur district, Assam state, India. Tezpur is located on the banks of the river Brahmaputra, northeast of Guwahati, and is the largest of the north bank cities with a population exceeding 100, ...

, which is in

Assam Assam (; ) is a state in northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . The state is bordered by Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh to the north; Nagaland and Manipur ...

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. It was founded in 1964.

Bishops of Tezpur

Oreste Marengo Oreste Marengo (29 August 1906 - 30 July 1998) was an Italian Roman Catholic prelate and professed member from the Salesians of Don Bosco. He served as the Bishop of Diburugarh from 1951 until his transferral in 1964 to Tezpur where he served u ...

, S.D.B. (6 Jul 1964 Appointed - 26 Jun 1969 Resigned) *

Joseph Mittathany Joseph Mittathany (12 July 1931 – 11 July 2022) was an Indian Roman Catholic prelate. Mittathany was born in Kalikave and was ordained to the priesthood in 1959. He served as the bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tezpur, India, from 1 ...

(26 Jun 1969 Appointed - 28 Mar 1980 Appointed, Bishop of Imphal) *

Robert Kerketta Robert Kerketta S.D.B. (22 October 1932 – 22 December 2018) was an Indian Roman Catholic bishop. Biography Keretta was born in India and was ordained to the priesthood in 1963. He served as bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Dibruga ...

, S.D.B. (24 Oct 1980 Appointed - 3 Dec 2007 Retired) * Michael Akasius Toppo (3 Dec 2007 Appointed - )

References

External links

GCatholic.org

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