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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Shillong ((ラテン語:Shillongen(sis))) is a Latin Meteropolitan archdiocese in Meghalaya state, northern India. In all there are 33 church districts or “Parishes” in the over 3,00,000 Catholics strong Shillong Archdiocese, which covers the districts of East Khasi Hills and Ri Bhoi of Meghalaya. ==History== * Established on December 15, 1889 as the Apostolic Prefecture of Assam on territory split off from the Diocese of Krishnagar * July 9, 1934: Promoted as Diocese of Shillong * Lost territory on 12 July 1951 to establish the Roman Catholic Diocese of Dibrugarh * Lost territory again on 16 January 1964 to establish the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tezpur * June 26, 1969: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gauhati–Shillong * January 22, 1970: Renamed as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Shillong–Gauhati * Lost territory to establish the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tura on 1973.03.01 and again on 1983.12.05 to establish the Roman Catholic Diocese of Diphu * March 30, 1992: Renamed as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Shillong * Lost territory on 28 January 2006 to establish the Roman Catholic Diocese of Nongstoin. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Shillong」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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