WELCOME

TO

DIOCESE OF
NONGSTOIN

“And so I say to you, you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of the netherworld shall not prevail against it.”

Mt. 16:18

The Diocese of Nongstoin welcomes you to his informative website where you can avail different information on the Diocese such as its history, the administration, the contacts, news and updates, educational materials in spiritual matters or to contact us for any faith-based needs.

“Without a vision the people lose restraint; but happy is the one who follows instruction.”

(Proverb 29:18)

QUOTES FROM EARLY CHURCH FATHERS

Apostolic Succession

Pope Clement I

“Through countryside and city [the apostles] preached, and they appointed their earliest converts, testing them by the Spirit, to be the bishops and deacons of future believers. Nor was this a novelty, for bishops and deacons had been written about a long time earlier. . . . Our apostles knew through our Lord Jesus Christ that there would be strife for the office of bishop. For this reason, therefore, having received perfect foreknowledge, they appointed those who have already been mentioned and afterwards added the further provision that, if they should die, other approved men should succeed to their ministry” (Letter to the Corinthians 42:4–5, 44:1–3 [A.D. 80]).