Diocese of Baruipur
Baruipuren(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Baruipur, India
Latin rite diocese in West Bengal, India, erected on 30 May 1977 from the Archdiocese of Calcutta. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Calcutta, with the Cathedral of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in Baruipur as its seat.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 30 May 1977
- Latin
- Baruipuren(sis)
- Patron
- Immaculate Conception
- Annuario code
- 001000845
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 60,465
- Population
- 9,834,000
- Catholic share
- 0.6%
- Priests
- 73
- Catholics per priest
- 828
- Extent
- 10,880 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 5.6
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
- Shyamal Bose
- Born
- 24 March 1961
- Birthplace
- Gosaba
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 Immaculate Heart of Mary, Baruipur stands in Baruipur, 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 BagdograBagdogra
- Diocese of DarjeelingDarjeeling
- Diocese of JalpaiguriJalpaiguri
- Diocese of KrishnagarKrishnagar
- Diocese of RaiganjRaiganj
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Seated in the city of Baruipur, this Roman Catholic diocese (Latin: Baruipuren(sis)) forms part of India's ecclesiastical province of Calcutta.
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].