Roman Catholic Diocese of Bagdogra explained

Jurisdiction:Diocese
Bagdogra
Latin:Dioecesis Bagdogranus
Local:बागडोगरा के सूबा
Country: India
Rite:Latin Rite
Cathedral:Cathedral of the Good Shepherd in Bagdogra
Parishes:19
Area Km2:8,374
Population:1,003,000
Population As Of:2012
Catholics:53,114
Catholics Percent:5.3
Bishop:vacant
Metro Archbishop:Thomas D'Souza

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Bagdogra (Latin: Bagdogran(us)) is a suffragan Latin diocese in the ecclesiastical province of Calcutta in northeastern India, yet it depends on the missionary 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

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

See also

Sources and external links

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/bagd0.htm GCatholic.org