Suffragan diocese Dinajpur, Bangladesh
Diocese of Dinajpur
Dinaipuren(sis)
Latin Church
Latin-rite diocese in Dinajpur District, Rajshahi Division, northwestern Bangladesh, canonically erected 25 May 1927 and a suffragan of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Dhaka. Its seat is St. Francis Xavier Cathedral in Dinajpur. Bishop Sebastian Tudu has led the diocese since his election on 29 October 2011 (consecrated 27 January 2012).
On the map
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- Established
- 1927
- Catholics
- 54,082
- Priests
- 62
- Territory
- 17,500 km²
Parishes and churches
17 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- St. Francis Xavier Cathedral ParishDinajpur · CathedralView parish
- Blessed Virgin Mary ChurchThakurgaonView parish
- Christ the King ChurchNijparaView parish
- Christ, the Savior ChurchBoldipukurView parish
- Conversion Of St. Paul ParishKodbirView parish
- Fatima Rani ChurchRuheaView parish
- Immaculate Heart of Mary ChurchKellabariView parish
- Khalippur ParishKhalippurView parish
- Our Lady of Assumption ChurchKhalishaView parish
- Our Lady of Lourdes ChurchSaidpurView parish
- Our Lady of Sorrows ChurchMariampurView parish
- Sacred Heart of Jesus ChurchMirzapurView parish
- St. Francis of Assisi ChurchDhanjuriView parish
- St. John, the Baptist ChurchLohaniparaView parish
- St. Joseph Church MoheshpurMoheshpurView parish
- St. Josheph (The Worker) ParishRadhanagarView parish
- Sts. Peter and Paul ChurchPathorghataView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Sebastian Tudu
- Born
- 17 June 1967
- Birthplace
- Changura
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The cathedral
St. Francis Xavier Cathedral, Dinajpur stands in Dinajpur, 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
Dinajpur District, in Bangladesh's Rajshahi Division, holds the Roman Catholic Diocese of Dinajpur (Latin: Diœcesis Dinaipurensis), a see within the ecclesiastical province of Dhaka.