Roman Catholic Diocese of Bagdogra
Diocese of Bagdogra Dioecesis Bagdogranus बागडोगरा के सूबा | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Country |  India |
| Ecclesiastical province | Calcutta |
| Metropolitan | Calcutta |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 8,374 km2 (3,233 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2012) 1,003,000 53,114 (5.3%) |
| Parishes | 19 |
| Information | |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of the Good Shepherd in Bagdogra |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | vacant |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Thomas D'Souza |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Bagdogra (
Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
.
Its episcopal see is the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd in the city of Bagdogra, West Bengal.
History
- Established on 14 June 1997 as Diocese of Bagdogra, on territory split off from the Diocese of Darjeeling.
Statistics
As per 2014, it pastorally served 55,543 Catholics (5.4% of 1,020,000 total) on 1,200 km² in 19 parishes and 55 missions with 64 priests (29 diocesan, 35 religious), 211 lay religious (46 brothers, 165 sisters) and 14 seminarians.
Episcopal ordinaries
(all Latin Rite) [1]
- Suffragan Bishops of Bagdogra
- Coadjutor Archbishop of Calcutta (India) (2011.03.12 – 2012.02.23), succeeding as Metropolitan Archbishop of Calcutta(2012.02.23 – ...)
- Apostolic AdministratorThomas D’Souza (see above 2011.03.12 – 2015.04.07)
- Vincent Aind (born India) (7 April 2015 – 30 December 2023), succeeding as Metropolitan Archbishop of Ranchi (2023.12.30 – ...)
See also
- List of Catholic dioceses
References
- [self-published]
Sources and external links
- GCatholic.org, with Google satellite photo - data for all sections [self-published]
- Catholic Hierarchy [self-published]
26°42′09″N 88°19′04″E / 26.7026°N 88.3179°E
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