Diocese of Barishal
Barisalen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Barishal, Bangladesh
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.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 28 December 2018
- Latin
- Barisalen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001000835
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 29,685
- Population
- 15,183,927
- Catholic share
- 0.2%
- Priests
- 19
- Catholics per priest
- 1,562
- Extent
- 20,708 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 1.4
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Emmanuel Kanon Rozario
- Born
- 8 February 1963
- Birthplace
- Pabna
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
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.
The province of Chattogram
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Chattogram.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of ChattogramChattogram
- Diocese of KhulnaKhulna
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia · GCatholic
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].