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Metropolitan Archdiocese of

Imphal

India

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Imphal / Imphalen(sis) (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: Kohima

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Website:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Joseph

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1980.03.28: Established as Diocese of Imphal / Imphalen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Kohima–Imphal and became suffragan of Shillong–Gauhati)
1995.07.10: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Imphal / Imphalen(sis) (Latin) (with suffragan see Kohima)

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2023.10.07 – ...):

Archbishop Linus Neli (68)

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Imphal (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Linus Neli (68)
(2023.10.07 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Imphal (India)

Born:	1957.04.26 (Imphal, India)
Ordained Priest:	1984.12.20
Consecrated Bishop:	2023.12.08

Priest of Imphal (India) (1984.12.20 – 2023.10.07)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Imphal (India) (2023.10.07 – ...)

Archbishop Dominic Lumon (77)
(2006.07.12 – 2023.10.07)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Imphal (India)

Born:	1948.06.01 (Mongsang Pangtha, India)
Ordained Priest:	1977.02.08
Consecrated Bishop:	2002.04.07

Priest of Kohima (India) (1977.02.08 – 2002.01.18)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Imphal (India) (2002.01.18 – 2006.07.12)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Imphal (India) (2006.07.12 – 2023.10.07)

Apostolic Administrator of Kohima (India) (2009.11.06 – 2011.06.16)

Archbishop Joseph Mittathany
(1995.07.10 – 2006.07.12)

My heart and soul in the Gospel

Born:	1931.07.12 (Kalikavu, India)
Ordained Priest:	1959.04.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1969.09.27
Died:	2022.07.11 (Koirengei, India † 90)

Bishop of Tezpur (India) (1969.06.26 – 1980.03.28)

Bishop of Imphal (India) (1980.03.28 – 1995.07.10)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Imphal (India) (1995.07.10 – 2006.07.12)

Bishops of Imphal (Roman Rite)

Bishop Joseph Mittathany (later Archbishop)
(1980.03.28 – 1995.07.10)

(see above)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop Dominic Lumon (77) (2002.01.18 – 2006.07.12)

Special Churches

Cathedral: St. Joseph’s Cathedral, Imphal, Manipur

Aizawl (←), Diphu (↖), Kohima (↑), Myitkyina (↗), Kalay (↘)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 22,327 km²

Population: 104,257 Catholics (3.7% of 2,855,794 total)

Pastoral Centres: 56 parishes

Personnel: 163 priests (102 diocesan, 61 religious), 496 religious (128 brothers, 368 sisters), 33 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2025.11.23

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