About Us

Oriens Theological College was started in 1979 as a study house for the diocesan students of Theology from the dioceses of Northeast India. In 1986, the College began to hold lectures on its own premises, and the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples raised it to the status of an Inter-diocesan Seminary, with all the Bishops of Northeast India as members of the Governing Body. In 1990, it became a full-fledged Theological College offering the four year Theology programme for candidates to priesthood. On 4th December of the same year, the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples approved its statutes. On 7th December 1993, Oriens Theological College was formally affiliated to the Pontifical Urbaniana University, Rome, with the decree (Vide No. 442/93/7) of the Sacred Congregation for Catholic Education. Since then, the B. Th. (Bachelor of Theology) Degree has been conferred on students who fulfil the prescribed requirements.

In keeping with its motto “To Give Light” Oriens Theological College aims to provide an integral Christian and Priestly Formation and to promote Theological Studies through scientific research primarily, but not exclusively, for candidates of the ecclesiastical provinces of Northeast India.

 

It seeks to form committed Christian leaders who will continue the mission of Jesus, a mission rooted in the experience of God’s love, striving to bring all “people of good will” into fellowship of love and service, carried out in collaboration with the religious and the laity in a Christian community which reflects the cultural, religious and socio-economic realities of the region and the country.

Moderator:	Most Rev. John Moolachira (Archbishop of Guwahati)
Episcopal Delegate:	Most Rev. KATTRUKUDIYIL John Thomas (Bishop of Itanagar)
Members:	Most Rev. LUMON Dominic (Archbishop of Imphal)
	Most Rev. LYNGDOH Victor ( Archishop of Shilllong)
	Most Rev. MONTEIRO Lumen, CSC (Bishop of Agartala)
	Most Rev. PULLOPPILLIL Thomas (Bishop of Bongaigaon)
	Most Rev. ROTLUANGA Stephen, CSC (Bishop of Aizawl)
	Most Rev. PALLIPARAMBIL George, SDB (Bishop of Miao)
	Most Rev. LUMON Dominic (Archbishop of Imphal)
	Most Rev. MARAK Andrew R. (Bishop of Tura)
	Most Rev. TOPPO Michael Akasius (Bishop of Tezpur)
	Most Rev. THOPPIL James (Bishop of Kohima)
	Most Rev. MATTEKATT Paul (Bishop of Diphu)
	Most Rev. HEMROM Albert (Bishop of Dibrugarh)
	Most Rev. MARWEIN Wilbert (Bishop of Nongstoin)
	Most Rev. DKHAR Ferdinand (Bishop of Jowai) Most Rev. PANIPITCHAI Dennis (Auxiliary Bishop of Miao) Most Rev. CHIRACKAL Jose (Auxiliary Bishop of Tura) Most Rev. WALDER Joachim (Auxiliary Bishop of Aizawl)
Honorary Members:	Most Rev. MENAMPARAMPIL Thomas SDB (Archbishop Emeritus, Guwahati)
	Most Rev. MAMALASSERY George (Bishop Emeritus, Tura)
	Most Rev. AIND Joseph, SDB (Bp. Emeritus, Dibrugarh)
Secretary:	Rev. Fr. CHINLIANKHUP Stanislaus (Rector, Oriens Theological College)

Most of them held multiple offices simultaneously during their tenure. Only some portfolios held by them are mentioned below.