Suffragan diocese Darjeeling, India
Diocese of Darjeeling
Darieelingen(sis)
Latin Church
The Diocese of Darjeeling is a Latin rite diocese in northern West Bengal, India, whose territory also includes Bhutan; it began as a Mission Sui Iuris on 15 February 1929 and was erected as a diocese in 1962, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Calcutta. Its seat is the Immaculate Conception Cathedral in Darjeeling.
On the map
Every see on one map: browse the dioceses. Churches with recorded hours: find Mass times.
- Established
- 1929
- Catholics
- 37,320
- Priests
- 147
- Territory
- 10,880 km²
Parishes and churches
73 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- St. Francis Assisi ChurchLungsheolView parish
- St. Francis of Assisi ChurchJorthangView parish
- St. Francis Xavier ChurchNamthangView parish
- St. Francis Xavier ChurchSakyong (damsang)View parish
- St. Ignatius ChurchLepcha BustyView parish
- St. John Berchmans ChurchKurseongView parish
- St. John ChurchSalghariView parish
- St. John Mary Vianney ChurchKhamdongView parish
- St. John Paul II ChurchRimbickView parish
- St. John Paul II ChurchTarkholaView parish
- St. Joseph ChurchMungpooView parish
- St. Joseph the Worker ChurchGitdublingView parish
- St. Joseph the Worker ChurchChansingView parish
- St. Joseph the Worker ChurchKashyongView parish
- St. Joseph the Worker ChurchTaklingView parish
- St. Joseph's ChurchMartamView parish
- St. Joseph's ChurchNagsay BustyView parish
- St. Joseph's ParishKafferView parish
- St. Joseph’s ChurchLungchukView parish
- St. Joseph’s ChurchRhenockView parish
- St. Margarete Mary ChurchNimbong-barbotView parish
- St. Mary's ChurchArubotayView parish
- St. Mary's ChurchGeyzingView parish
- St. Mary's ChurchKankebongView parish
- St. Mary’s ChurchRongliView parish
- St. Maurice ChurchSurukView parish
- St. Michael's ChurchSangsayView parish
- St. Nicholas ChurchTodeyView parish
- St. Patrick’s ChurchPringtamView parish
- St. Paul the Apostle ChurchGangtokView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Stephen Lepcha
- Born
- 22 December 1952
- Birthplace
- Suruk
Explore the ministry of the bishop.
The cathedral
Immaculate Conception Cathedral, Darjeeling stands in Darjeeling, 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 Latin Church jurisdiction of the Catholic Church in India, the Diocese of Darjeeling is a suffragan of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Calcutta while depending on the missionary Dicastery for Evangelization. Its territory takes in the independent Himalayan country of Bhutan, where Christianity is practiced by a tiny minority and proselytism is forbidden. The Marian Immaculate Conception Cathedral in Darjeeling, West Bengal state, India, serves as its cathedral episcopal see.