Suffragan diocese Mymensingh, Bangladesh
Diocese of Mymensingh
Mymensinghen(sis)
Latin Church
Latin rite diocese in north-central Bangladesh, erected 15 May 1987 from the Archdiocese of Dhaka, of which it remains a suffragan. Its seat is St. Patrick's Cathedral in Mymensingh, and most of its faithful belong to the Garo community.
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- Established
- 1987
- Catholics
- 83,896
- Priests
- 46
- Territory
- 16,448 km²
Parishes and churches
16 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- St. Patrick's Cathedral Church(1927)Bhatikeshore · CathedralView parish
- Christ the King Church (2010)DorgachalaView parish
- Corpus Christi Church (1959)JalchatraView parish
- Holy Name of Jesus Church (1930)BaluchoraView parish
- Mary Our Help Church (2009)UtrailView parish
- St. Andre Bessette Catholic Church, Diglakuna (2013)DigilakunaView parish
- St. Andrew Kim Church (2006)JhaljhaliaView parish
- St. Elizabeth's Church (1928)BiroidakuniView parish
- St. George's Church (1937)MariamnagarView parish
- St. Guidu Maria Confurti Church (2020)NoluakuriView parish
- St. John’s Catholic Church, Dhairpara (2017)DhairparaView parish
- St. Joseph's Church (1912)RanikhongView parish
- St. Leo's Church (1942)BaromariView parish
- St. Paul's Church (1992)PirgachahView parish
- St. Peter's Church (2011)DhakuaView parish
- St. Teresa's Church (1926)BhalukaparaView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Ponen Paul Kubi, C.S.C.
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The cathedral
St. Patrick's Cathedral, Mymensingh stands in Mymensingh, 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
The city of Mymensingh, within Bangladesh's ecclesiastical province of Dhaka, is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Mymensingh (Latin: Diœcesis Mymensinghensis), led by Bishop Ponen Paul Kubi, CSC, DD. Most of the faithful here belong to the Garo community; the diocese counts 76,047 Catholics, and 6665 Protestant Christians also live in the territory.