Diocese of Bagdogra
Bagdogran(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Bagdogra, India
Latin rite diocese in northern West Bengal, India, erected on 14 June 1997 on territory split off from the Diocese of Darjeeling. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Calcutta, with the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd in Bagdogra as its seat. The see is vacant; Bishop Vincent Aind's tenure ended in December 2023.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 14 June 1997
- Latin
- Bagdogran(us)
- Patron
- Jesús el Buen Pastor
- Annuario code
- 001000783
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 55,543
- Population
- 1,003,000
- Catholic share
- 5.5%
- Priests
- 81
- Catholics per priest
- 686
- Extent
- 8,374 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 6.6
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
- Paul Simick
- Born
- 7 August 1963
- Birthplace
- Gitdubling
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
Cathedral of the Good Shepherd, Bagdogra stands in Bagdogra, 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 Calcutta
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Calcutta.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of CalcuttaCalcutta
- Diocese of AsansolAsansol
- Diocese of BaruipurBaruipur
- Diocese of DarjeelingDarjeeling
- Diocese of JalpaiguriJalpaiguri
- Diocese of KrishnagarKrishnagar
- Diocese of RaiganjRaiganj
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
A suffragan Latin diocese in the ecclesiastical province of Calcutta in northeastern India, Bagdogra (Latin: Bagdogran(us)) nonetheless depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. The Cathedral of the Good Shepherd in the city of Bagdogra, West Bengal, serves as its episcopal see.
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
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].