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Roman Catholic Diocese of Bagdogra

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Parishes
  
19

Pope
  
Francis

Bishop
  
Vincent Aind

Metropolitan archbishop
  
Thomas D’Souza

Rite
  
Latin Rite

Area
  
8,374 km²

Country
  
India

Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2012) 1,003,000 53,114 (5.3%)

Cathedral
  
Cathedral of the Good Shepherd in Bagdogra

Ecclesiastical province
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Calcutta

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 depend son the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.

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Its episcopal see is te Cathedral of the Good Shepherd in the city of Bagdogra, West Bengal.

History

  • Established on June 14, 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)

    Suffragan Bishops of Bagdogra
  • Thomas D’Souza (born Idia) (June 14, 1997 – March 12, 2011 see below), next Coadjutor Archbishop of Calcutta (India) (2011.03.12 – 2012.02.23), succeeding as Metropolitan Archbishop of Calcutta (2012.02.23 – ...)
  • Apostolic Administrator Thomas D’Souza (see above 2011.03.12 – 2015.04.07)
  • Vincent Aind (born India) (April 7, 2015 – ...), no previous prelature.

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Bagdogra Wikipedia
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