Suffragan diocese Muzaffarpur, India
Diocese of Muzaffarpur
Muzaffarpuren(sis)
Latin Church
Latin-rite diocese in Bihar, India, erected 6 March 1980 from the Diocese of Patna and a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Patna. Its seat is the Cathedral of St. Francis of Assisi in Muzaffarpur; Catholics are a tiny minority of roughly 4,600 (2004) in a population of nearly 30 million.
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- Established
- 1980
- Catholics
- 4,638
- Priests
- 41
- Territory
- 27,120 km²
Parishes and churches
1 listed church in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Cajetan Francis Osta
- Born
- 30 July 1961
- Birthplace
- Kathara-Bokaro
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The cathedral
Cathedral of St. Francis of Assisi, Muzaffarpur stands in Muzaffarpur, 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.