Established | 1934 |
Residence | Archbishop’s House Shillong |
Area | 5,196 sq. kms |
Catholics | 2, 65, 128+ |
Languages | Khasi, Pnar, Hindi, English, Assamese, Garo, Karbi, Tiwa and Nepali. |
It was in 1889 that the Prefecture Apostolic of Assam was erected with Shillong as its headquarter and entrusted to the German Salvatorian Fathers for pastoral works. With the outbreak of World War I (1914-1918), the German Salvatorian Fathers were forced to return to their country and the Jesuits of Calcutta looked after the Assam Prefecture until it was entrusted to the Salesians of Don Bosco in 1921.
Archbishop House
Laitumkhrah,
Shillong, Meghalaya 793003