Roman Catholic Diocese of Barisal
Diocese of Barisal Dioecesis Barisal বরিশাল ধর্মপ্রদেশ[citation needed] | |
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Location | |
Country | Bangladesh |
Ecclesiastical province | Chittagong |
Metropolitan | Chittagong |
Statistics | |
Area | 20,708 km2 (7,995 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2015) 15,183,927 29,685 (0.2%) |
Parishes | 5 |
Information | |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 2015 |
Cathedral | St. Peter's Cathedral, Barisal |
Secular priests | 19 |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Emmanuel Kanon Rozario |
- There is also a Diocese of Barisal (and a Bishop of Barisal) in the united Church of Bangladesh.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Barisal is a Latin
Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
.
Its
St. Peter's Cathedral, in Barisal
.
Statistics
As per 2015, it pastorally served 29,685 Catholics (0.2% of 15,183,927 total) on 20,708 km2 in 5 parishes with 19 priests (13 diocesan, 6 religious), 33 lay religious (4 brothers, 29 sisters) and 3 seminarians.
History
Established on 29 December 2015 as Diocese of Barisal, on territory split off from
Archdiocese of Dhaka
.
Since Chittagong was promoted to Metropolitan Archdiocese in February 2017, Barisal become one of its two original suffragans.
Episcopal ordinaries
(all Latin Church, so far members of Latin missionary congregations)
- Suffragan Bishops of Barisal
- Chittagong
- Emmanuel Kanon Rozario (2022.06.21 – ...)
References
- ^ "Pope Francis erects new diocese of Barisal in Bangladesh". Vatican Radio. 29 December 2015. Retrieved 4 January 2016.