Metropolitan see Calcutta, India
Archdiocese of Calcutta
Calcutten(sis)
Latin Church
The Archdiocese of Calcutta is a Latin rite metropolitan archdiocese in West Bengal, India, established on 18 April 1834 as the Vicariate Apostolic of Bengal and elevated to metropolitan archdiocese in 1886. Its seat is the Cathedral of the Most Holy Rosary in Kolkata. Archbishop Elias Frank succeeded Thomas D'Souza as metropolitan archbishop on 20 September 2025.
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- Established
- 1834
- Catholics
- 177,354
- Priests
- 274
- Territory
- 29,868 km²
Parishes and churches
47 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Cathedral Of The Most Holy RosaryTown not recorded · CathedralView parish
- Auxilium Parish ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Basilica Of The Holy RosaryTown not recordedView parish
- CATHOLIC CHURCHPremnagarView parish
- CATHOLIC CHURCHRangamatiaView parish
- CATHOLIC CHURCHSildaView parish
- Church Of Christ The KingTown not recordedView parish
- CHURCH OF O.L. OF CONSOLATION (Santona Daini Mata Girja)HaldiaView parish
- Church Of Our Lady Of DoloursTown not recordedView parish
- Church Of Our Lady Of Happy VoyageTown not recordedView parish
- Church Of Our Lady Of LourdesTown not recordedView parish
- Church Of Our Lady Of VailankanniTown not recordedView parish
- Church Of St. John BoscoTown not recordedView parish
- CHURCH OF ST. PAUL THE APOSTLEKamarchowkiView parish
- Church Of The Immaculate Conception Of The B. V. MaryTown not recordedView parish
- Church Of The Sacred HeartTown not recordedView parish
- Church Of The Sacred Heart Of JesusTown not recordedView parish
- Fatima ShrineTown not recordedView parish
- Holy Cross ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- HOLY CROSS CHURCHBaligeriaView parish
- Holy Family ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- HOLY FAMILY CHURCHKearchandView parish
- HOLY TRINITY CHURCHJhargramView parish
- IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY CHURCHMidnaporeView parish
- Infant Jesus ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Mary Immaculate ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Nirmala Mata Maria GirjaTown not recordedView parish
- Nirmola Hridoy GirjaTown not recordedView parish
- Prabhu Jisur GirjaTown not recordedView parish
- Queen Of Peace ChurchTown not recordedView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Elias Frank
- Born
- 15 August 1962
- Birthplace
- Kinibettu Village
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The cathedral
Cathedral of the Most Holy Rosary, Kolkata stands in Calcutta, 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
An ecclesiastical Latin Church territory of the Catholic Church in India, the Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Calcutta bears the Latin name Archidioecesis Calcuttensis.
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