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Suffragan diocese Krishnagar, India

Diocese of Krishnagar

Krishnagaren(sis)

Latin-rite diocese in West Bengal, India, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Calcutta. Erected 1 September 1886 as the Diocese of Central Bengal and renamed Diocese of Krishnagar on 7 June 1887; its origins trace to an 1855 mission sui iuris. Its seat is the Cathedral of the Holy Redeemer in Krishnanagar, Nadia.

On the map

Esri
Krishnagar, India, drawn to the town rather than to the door: the register holds no verified address for its cathedral.

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Established
1886
Catholics
61,158
Priests
74
Territory
8,640 km²

Parishes and churches

21 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Bishop
Nirmol Vincent Gomes

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The cathedral

Cathedral of the Holy Redeemer, Krishnanagar stands in Krishnagar, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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