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28 January 2006
Jowai, India Erected; Kympat named Bishop
The diocese of Jowai, India was erected with territory taken from the Archdiocese of Shillong. Bishop-elect Vincent Kympat was named its first bishop. He had been serving as a priest of Shillong.
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