Diocese of Rajshahi
Raishahien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Rajshahi, Bangladesh
Latin rite diocese in northwestern Bangladesh, erected 21 May 1990 from the Diocese of Dinajpur. A suffragan of the Archdiocese of Dhaka, its seat is the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd in Rajshahi.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 21 May 1990
- Latin
- Raishahien(sis)
- Patron
- Good Shepherd
- Annuario code
- 001002717
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 72,794
- Population
- 29,190,000
- Catholic share
- 0.2%
- Priests
- 64
- Catholics per priest
- 1,137
- Extent
- 18,063 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 4.0
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
- Bishop
- Gervas Rozario
- Born
- 15 August 1951
- Birthplace
- Stiangaccha
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
Cathedral of the Good Shepherd, Rajshahi stands in Rajshahi, 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
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Dhaka.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of DhakaDhaka
- Diocese of DinajpurDinajpur
- Diocese of MymensinghMymensingh
- Diocese of SylhetSylhet
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Within Bangladesh's ecclesiastical province of Dhaka, the city of Rajshahi is the seat of its own Roman Catholic diocese (Latin: Diœcesis Raishahiensis).
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].