Jurisdiction: | Diocese |
Barisal | |
Local: | Bengali: বরিশাল ধর্মপ্রদেশ |
Border: | Church of Bangladesh |
Country: | Bangladesh |
Province: | Dhaka |
Metropolitan: | Dhaka |
Coat: | Mitre (plain).svg |
Coat Size: | 100 |
Coat Caption: | Coat of Arms of Bishop of Barishal |
Incumbent: | Shourabh Pholia |
Style: | The Right Reverend |
Area Km2: | 15,214 |
Parishes: | 39 |
Members: | 5500[1] |
Rite: | Church of Bangladesh Book of Common Prayer |
Established: | 2017 |
Cathedral: | Oxford Mission Church, Barisal |
Parent Church: | Church of Bangladesh |
Governance: | Episcopal |
Metro Archbishop: | Samuel Sunil Mankhin |
Bishop: | Shourabh Pholia |
Suffragan: | for one --> |
Suffragans: |
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Assistant Bishop: | for one --> |
Dean: | Fr. Francis, SPB |
Archdeacon: | for one--> |
The Church of Bangladesh Diocese of Barisal (also known as the Diocese of Barishal) is a diocese of the Church of Bangladesh (a United Protestant denomination) that was erected in 2017 by separating the Jobarpar and Khulna deaneries from the Diocese of Dhaka.[2] On 3 April 2017, Bishop Shourabh Pholia was consecrated as the first bishop of Barisal at Christ the King Church in Khalishpur.[3] He was enthroned at the new diocese's cathedral, the Oxford Mission Church, in June 2017.[4]