Diocese of Sylhet
Sylheten(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Sylhet, Bangladesh
Latin rite diocese in northeastern Bangladesh covering the civil districts of Sylhet, Sunamganj, Habiganj and Moulvibazar, erected 8 July 2011 from the Archdiocese of Dhaka, of which it is a suffragan. Its pro-cathedral is the Church of the Divine Mercy in Moulvibazar.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 8 July 2011
- Latin
- Sylheten(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001003137
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 19,815
- Population
- 10,000,000
- Catholic share
- 0.2%
- Extent
- 12,595 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 1.6
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
- Shorot Francis Gomes
- Born
- 15 December 1965
- Birthplace
- Hashnabad
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
Divine Mercy Pro-Cathedral, Moulvibazar stands in Sylhet, 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 RajshahiRajshahi
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Four civil districts of Bangladesh, Sylhet, Sunamganj, Habiganj, and Moulvibazar, make up the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sylhet (Latin: Diœcesis Sylhetensis), which belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Dhaka.
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].