Roman Catholic Diocese of Miao

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Miao (Latin: Dioecesis Miaoensis) is a diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of Guwahati. It is located in Miao in India.

Diocese of Miao Dioecesis Miaoensis मियाओ के सूबा
Location
Country	India
Ecclesiastical province	Guwahati
Metropolitan	Guwahati
Statistics
Area	43,955 km2 (16,971 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics (including non-members)	(as of 2012) 508,000 91,500 (15.8%)
Parishes	24
Information
Denomination	Catholic
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	7 December 2005
Cathedral	Cathedral of Christ the Light in Miao
Patron saint	Christ the Light
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	George Palliparampil
Metropolitan Archbishop	John Moolachira
Website
miaodiocese.com

It was created on December 7, 2005 by splitting it from the Diocese of Dibrugarh. Its first bishop is George Palliparampil. 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 - Tirap, Changlang, Lohit, Longding, Anjaw, Namsai, Dibang Valley and Lower Dibang Valley Districts. Neighboring dioceses are Itanagar and Dibrugarh to the west. To the north and northeast is China, to the south and southeast Myanmar.

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 parishes.