Suffragan diocese Barishal, Bangladesh
Diocese of Barishal
Barisalen(sis)
Latin Church
Latin-rite diocese in southern Bangladesh, erected 29 December 2015 from territory of the Diocese of Chittagong and a suffragan of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Chattogram since that province was created in 2017. Its seat is St. Peter's Cathedral in Barisal. Bishop Emmanuel Kanon Rozario has led the diocese since 2022.
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- Established
- 2015
- Catholics
- 29,685
- Priests
- 19
- Territory
- 20,708 km²
Parishes and churches
9 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- St. Peter's Cathedral Church (1864)Barishal · CathedralView parish
- Most Holy Redeemer Church (1938)BaniarchorView parish
- Our Lady of Guidance Church (1764)PadrishibpurView parish
- St. Teresa Little Flower of the Child Jesus Church (1921)NarikelbariView parish
- The Assumption of the BVM Church (2012)GhorarparView parish
- The Immaculate Conception of BVM Church (2022)ChalbalView parish
- The Queen of Peace Church (2018)RoghunondonpurView parish
- The Queen of Peace Church (2021)MatibhangaView parish
- The Sacred Heart of Jesus Church (1884)GournadiView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Emmanuel Kanon Rozario
- Born
- 8 February 1963
- Birthplace
- Pabna
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The cathedral
St. Peter's Cathedral, Barisal stands in Barishal, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
History
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Barisal is a Latin suffragan bishopric under the Metropolitan of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chittagong, though it remains dependent on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. St. Peter's Cathedral in Barisal serves as its episcopal see. A Diocese of Barisal, with its own Bishop of Barisal, also exists in the united Church of Bangladesh.