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Suffragan diocese Barishal, Bangladesh

Diocese of Barishal

Barisalen(sis)

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.

On the map

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The address the register holds for St. Peter's Cathedral, Barisal, in Barishal, Bangladesh.

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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.

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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.

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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.