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Suffragan diocese Asansol, India

Diocese of Asansol

Asansolen(sis)

Latin rite diocese in West Bengal, India, created by Pope John Paul II on 24 October 1997 by bifurcation of the Archdiocese of Calcutta, coming into existence on 12 March 1998. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Calcutta, with the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Asansol as its seat. The see is vacant following the end of Bishop Elias Frank's tenure in June 2025.

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Asansol, India, drawn to the town rather than to the door: the register holds no verified address for its cathedral.

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Established
1997
Catholics
29,345
Priests
69
Territory
12,500 km²

Parishes and churches

36 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

No bishop is recorded for this diocese. See the bishop.

The cathedral

Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, Asansol stands in Asansol, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

Within India's ecclesiastical province of Calcutta, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Asansol (Latin: Asansolen(sis)) has its seat in the city of Asansol.

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