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Roman Catholic Diocese of Bettiah

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Metropolitan
  
Patna

Rite
  
Latin Rite

Area
  
16,089 km²

Parishes
  
12

Pope
  
Francis

Country
  
India

Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2012) 15,891,000 5,810 (0.0%)

Cathedral
  
Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Bettiah

Ecclesiastical province
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Patna

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Bettiah (Latin: Bettiahen(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Bettiah in the Ecclesiastical province of Patna in India.

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History

  • 1892: Established as the Apostolic Prefecture of Bettiah from the Diocese of Allahabad
  • 1917: Suppressed to the Apostolic Vicariate of Patna
  • June 27, 1998: Restored as Diocese of Bettiah from the Diocese of Muzaffarpur

    • Leadership

  • Bishops of Bettiah (Latin Rite)
  • Bishop Victor Henry Thakur (June 27, 1998 – July 3, 2013); elevated to Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Raipur, in Raipur, India, by Pope Francis
  • Prefects Apostolic of Bettiah (Latin Rite)
  • Fr. Eugenio Remigio Schwarz, O.F.M. Cap. (1892 – 1918)

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Bettiah Wikipedia
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