Suffragan diocese Rajshahi, Bangladesh
Diocese of Rajshahi
Raishahien(sis)
Latin Church
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.
On the map
Every see on one map: browse the dioceses. Churches with recorded hours: find Mass times.
- Established
- 1990
- Catholics
- 72,794
- Priests
- 64
- Territory
- 18,063 km²
Parishes and churches
18 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Ave Maria ChurchGultaView parish
- Good Shepard Cathedral ChurchBaganparaView parish
- Holy Family ChurchKolimnagarView parish
- Maria Virgo Potens ChurchBorniView parish
- Mary Mother and Protectress ChurchNobai BottolaView parish
- Mary, Queen Assumed into Heaven ChurchGopalpurView parish
- Our Lady of Lourdes ChurchBonparaView parish
- Our Lady of Perpetual Help ChurchAndharkotaView parish
- Presentation of Our LordSursuniparaView parish
- Sacred Heart of Jesus ChurchBelkuchiView parish
- St. Anthony’s ChurchMohiparaView parish
- St. Fabrice’s ChurchNatoreView parish
- St. Francis Xavier’s ChurchBhabanipurView parish
- St. Francis Xavier’s ChurchFoilzanaView parish
- St. John Mary Vianney’s ChurchMundumalaView parish
- St. Joseph’s ChurchRohonpurView parish
- St. Peter’s ChurchMosroilView parish
- St. Rita’s ChurchMothurapurView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Gervas Rozario
- Born
- 15 August 1951
- Birthplace
- Stiangaccha
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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.
History
Within Bangladesh's ecclesiastical province of Dhaka, the city of Rajshahi is the seat of its own Roman Catholic diocese (Latin: Diœcesis Raishahiensis).