Itanagar Diocese
Arunachal Pradash
BISHOP JOHN THOMAS
KATTRUKUDIYIL
Pope Benedict XVI erected the Diocese of Itanagar on 7
December 2005. Most Rev. Dr. John Thomas Kattrukudiyil,
Bishop of Diphu, was transferred to the new See and installed
as its first Bishop on 12 March 2006. The diocese comprises
the ten civil districts of Western Arunachal Pradesh.
The Catholic Church in Itanagar has a unique history of 50
years of evangelization by a few daring missionaries like Fr
Kulandaisamy, Bro. Prem Bhai, Fr C