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How a Fearless Catholic Bishop Built a Local Church in Northeast India

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Today, after 40 years of Bishop George’s work in the region of Arunachal Pradesh, there are 100,000 Catholics out of a population of over 1.6 million. A Catholic diocese called Miao was formed there in 2006. Bishop George celebrating mass in a bamboo hut church.

First as a Salesian missionary priest and then as the first shepherd of the Diocese of Miao, Bishop Pallipparambil George has had a remarkable impact on the faith and welfare of the local people.