Suffragan diocese Asansol, India
Diocese of Asansol
Asansolen(sis)
Latin Church
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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- 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.
- ST. PAUL'S CHURCH, KAMARPARATown not recordedView parish
- ST. PAUL’S CHURCH, KULTIKultiView parish
- ST. PETER'S MISSION, RAJNAGARTown not recordedView parish
- ST. TERESA OF LISIEUX CHURCH, DURGAPURDurgapurView parish
- ST. THOMAS MISSION, EKPERETown not recordedView parish
- THE VIRGIN OF THE POOR CHURCH, KALNATown not recordedView parish
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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.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
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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