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.
- SACRED HEART CHURCHKharagpurView parish
- Shantirani GirjaTown not recordedView parish
- ST. ANTHONY’s CHURCHKharagpurView parish
- ST. FRANCIS XAVIER’s CHURCHSalboniView parish
- St. Ignatius ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- St. John The Evangelist ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- St. Joseph The Worker ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- St. Mary’s ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- St. Patrick’s ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- ST. PETER’s CHURCHHaldiaView parish
- St. Teresa’s ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- St. Thomas’ ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- St.Francis Xavier’s ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- ST.IGNATIUS’ CHURCHChamrusaiView parish
- St.Joseph’s ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- St.Joseph’s ParishTown not recordedView parish
- Stella Maris 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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