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Metropolitan see Dhaka, Bangladesh

Archdiocese of Dhaka

Dhaken(sis)

Latin Church

Latin-rite metropolitan archdiocese of the Bangladeshi capital and the principal see of the Catholic Church in Bangladesh. Its mother church is St. Mary's Cathedral in Dhaka, which also houses the archbishop's residence. Archbishop Bejoy Nicephorus D'Cruze, O.M.I., the first Oblate named to the post, was appointed 30 September 2020 and installed 27 November 2020.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for St. Mary's Cathedral, Dhaka, in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

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Established
1982
Catholics
62,780
Priests
125
Territory
14,193 km²

Parishes and churches

25 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Archbishop
Bejoy Nicephorus D'Cruze, O.M.I.

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The cathedral

St. Mary's Cathedral, Dhaka stands in Dhaka, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

Bangladesh's principal Latin metropolitan see is the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dhaka (Latin: Archidiœcesis Dhakensis), no longer the country's only metropolitan see but still its senior one, and still dependent on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. The archbishop's seat is the Marian mother church, St. Mary's Cathedral, in the national capital Dhaka. Since his appointment by Pope Francis in September 2020, Bejoy Nicephorus D'Cruze, formerly Bishop of Sylhet, has served as Archbishop of Dhaka, as of 2020.