Archbishop Dominic Jala on Shillong Archdiocese, part 1
The Catholic Church in India comprises three different rites, which for convenience sake are organized into 3 Ecclesial Bodies, namely, the Latin, which is the largest, and two eastern rites - the Syro-Malabar and the Syro-Malankara Churches mainly based in southern India’s Kerala state. Together they form the apex body of the Catholic Church of India, known as the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India, CBCI. Made up of 170 dioceses and a total of 244 bishops, the CBCI is the 4th largest bishops’ conference in the world after those of Brazil, Italy and the United States, catering to some 18 million Catholics. Besides the three ritual groupings, the Catholic Church of India is also divided into 14 regional bishops’ councils, largely based on states, languages or cultures.
Well, today, we shall hear about Shillong Archdiocese from Salesian Archbishop Dominic Jala who has been heading the archdiocese since 2000. Archbishop Jala, who participated in the recent synod of bishops on the family here in Rome, begins the first of a 2-part interview today, telling us which region of India his jurisdiction belongs to.
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