Archbishop Dominic Jala, S.D.B.^{[1][2][3][4][5]} (12 July 1951 – 10 October 2019^[6]) was the Metropolitan Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Shillong and the Apostolic Administrator of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Nongstoin, India.^[7][8]

Jala was born on 12 July 1951 in Mawlai, Meghalaya, India.

Jala was ordained a Catholic Priest for the Salesians of Saint John Bosco congregation on 19 November 1977.^{[citation needed]}

Jala was appointed Metropolitan Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Shillong, India on 22 December 1999 and ordained a Bishop on 2 April 2000. He was appointed Apostolic Administrator of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Nongstoin, India on 15 October 2016.^[9][10]

Archbishop Jala died in an automobile accident, on 10 October 2019, in Colusa County, California, U.S.^[11]

• Liturgy and mission^[12][13]