Suffragan diocese Sylhet, Bangladesh
Diocese of Sylhet
Sylheten(sis)
Latin Church
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.
On the map
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- Established
- 2011
- Catholics
- 19,815
- Priests
- 19
- Territory
- 12,595 km²
Parishes and churches
9 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Church of Divine MercyBarlekhaView parish
- Church of Immaculate ConceptionLokhipurView parish
- De Mazenod ChurchKhadim NagarView parish
- Shaystaganj Sub-ParishShaystaganjView parish
- St. Anthony's Catholic ChurchRajaiView parish
- St. Joseph the Worker’s ChurchSrimangalView parish
- St. Patrick's ChurchSynremView parish
- St. Peter’s Catholic ChurchBaluchorView parish
- St. Thomas’ Catholic ChurchMugaiparView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Shorot Francis Gomes
- Born
- 15 December 1965
- Birthplace
- Hashnabad
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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.
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.