The Roman Catholic Diocese of Miao ( la, Dioecesis Miaoensis) is a

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in the

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. It is located in

Miao Miao may refer to: * Miao people, linguistically and culturally related group of people, recognized as such by the government of the People's Republic of China * Miao script or Pollard script, writing system used for Miao languages * Miao (Unicode ...

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. It was created on 7 December 2005, by splitting it from the

Diocese of Dibrugarh The Roman Catholic Diocese of Dibrugarh ( la, Dibrugarhen(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Dibrugarh in the Ecclesiastical province of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Guwahati, Guwahati in India. History * 12 July 1951: Established as ...

. Its first

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. The Christ the Light Shrine in Miao is the cathedral of the diocese. The cathedral was built and blessed in 2011. The diocese covers 8 districts of the state of

Arunachal Pradesh Arunachal Pradesh (, ) is a state in Northeastern India. It was formed from the erstwhile North-East Frontier Agency (NEFA) region, and became a state on 20 February 1987. It borders the states of Assam and Nagaland to the south. It shares int ...

- Tirap,

Changlang Changlang is a census town and headquarters of the Changlang district in the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. It has become one of the major districts in the area owing to the presence of crude oil, coal and mineral resources other than to ...

, Lohit, Longding, Anjaw, Namsai, Dibang Valley and

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s. Neighboring dioceses are

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and Dibrugarh to the west. To the north and northeast is

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, to the south and southeast

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. The diocese covers an area of 31,445 km². As of 2005, 59,030 of the 420,000 people in the area are members of the Catholic Church. The diocese is subdivided into 31

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Saints and causes for canonisation

* Servants of God Fr. Nicolas-Michel Krick, MEP and Fr. Augustin-Etienne Bourry, MEP

References

External links

Miao Diocese official websiteVatican press release on the creation
Roman Catholic dioceses in India Christianity in Arunachal Pradesh Christian organizations established in 2005 Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 21st century 2005 establishments in Arunachal Pradesh {{India-RC-diocese-stub