Archdiocese of Dhaka
Dhaken(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Dhaka, Bangladesh
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.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 19 October 1982
- Latin
- Dhaken(sis)
- Patron
- Immaculate Conception
- Annuario code
- 001001294
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 62,780
- Population
- 23,339,945
- Catholic share
- 0.3%
- Priests
- 125
- Catholics per priest
- 502
- Extent
- 14,193 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 4.4
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
- Archbishop
- Bejoy Nicephorus D'Cruze, O.M.I.
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. Mary's Cathedral, Dhaka stands in Dhaka, 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 Dhaka
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of DinajpurDinajpur
- Diocese of MymensinghMymensingh
- Diocese of RajshahiRajshahi
- Diocese of SylhetSylhet
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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.
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].