Suffragan diocese Bagdogra, India
Diocese of Bagdogra
Bagdogran(us)
Latin Church
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.
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- Established
- 1997
- Catholics
- 55,543
- Priests
- 81
- Territory
- 8,374 km²
Parishes and churches
19 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Good ShepherdBagdogra · CathedralView parish
- Mary, Mother of GodGaridhuraView parish
- Our Lady of LourdesBhimbharView parish
- Our Lady QueenSiliguriView parish
- Prabhu JisuMatigaraView parish
- Rosa MysticaMailanijoteView parish
- Sacred Heart of JesusSiliguri TownView parish
- St. AlphonsaGwaltoli-PhansidewaView parish
- St. Francis XavierFaudijoteView parish
- St. Ignatius LoyolaGoomgoomaView parish
- St. John Mary VianneyNew ChumtaView parish
- St. Joseph the WorkerPanighattaView parish
- St. PatrickBidhannagar-TitlidangiView parish
- St. PaulHansquaView parish
- St. Peter CanisiusGayagangaView parish
- St. Teresa of Child JesusGulmaView parish
- St. Thomas ApostleAdhikariView parish
- St. Thomas ApostleChatterhatView parish
- St. Vincent de PaulHatighisaView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Paul Simick
- Born
- 7 August 1963
- Birthplace
- Gitdubling
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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.
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.