Suffragan diocese Bhagalpur, India
Diocese of Bhagalpur
Bhagalpuren(sis)
Latin Church
Latin rite diocese in Bihar, India, first created as an apostolic prefecture detached from Patna on 3 August 1956 and erected as a diocese on 11 January 1965. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Patna, with the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Bhagalpur as its seat.
On the map
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- Established
- 1956
- Catholics
- 78,359
- Priests
- 140
- Territory
- 17,766 km²
Parishes and churches
48 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Immaculate Conception CathedralTown not recorded · CathedralView parish
- Catholic ChurchBacchaView parish
- Catholic ChurchBhaluaView parish
- Catholic ChurchDeogharView parish
- Catholic ChurchGarhiView parish
- Catholic ChurchGiridihView parish
- Catholic ChurchKanikethView parish
- Catholic ChurchKharagpurView parish
- Catholic ChurchManikbathanView parish
- Catholic ChurchPakartallaView parish
- Catholic ChurchPoroView parish
- Catholic ChurchSiktaView parish
- Catholic ChurchSokhoView parish
- Catholic ChurchSusniView parish
- Catholic ChurchTilaiboniView parish
- Church of Our Lady of Perpetual HelpTown not recordedView parish
- Holy Cross ChurchHarimohraView parish
- Holy Family ChurchMangraView parish
- Krist Raja ChurchDambruhatView parish
- Our Lady of Holy Rosary ChurchSundermurView parish
- Our Lady of Lourdes ChurchSaurichaklaView parish
- Sacred Heart ChurchBabumahalView parish
- Sacred Heart ChurchChakaiView parish
- Sacred Heart ChurchGoddaView parish
- St. Anthony's ChurchPhulbariaView parish
- St. Anthony's ChurchTilkimaranView parish
- St. Benedict's ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- St. Clare's ChurchDakaitaView parish
- St. Francis ChurchGokhlaView parish
- St. Francis ChurchKathibariView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Kurian Valiakandathil
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The cathedral
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Bhagalpur stands in Bhagalpur, 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
Seated in the city of Bhagalpur, this Roman Catholic diocese (Latin: Bhagalpuren(sis)) forms part of India's ecclesiastical province of Patna.