List of Catholic dioceses in Bangladesh

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The Roman Catholic Church in Bangladesh is composed solely of a Latin hierarchy, joint in the national Episcopal Conference of Bangladesh (the former East Pakistan), comprising only two Latin ecclesiastical provinces, under the Metropolitans of the Archdioceses of Dhaka and of Chittagong, which together have a total of six suffragan dioceses.

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Unlike India, there are no Eastern Catholic sees. Neither are there pre-diocesan or other exempt jurisdictions. There are no titular sees, nor defunct jurisdictions without current successor sees.

There is an Apostolic Nunciature to Bangladesh as papal diplomatic representation (embassy-level).

List of dioceses

Ecclesiastical jurisdictions [1] Latin nameTypeChurchEcclesiastical provinceEstablishedArea (km2)
Barisal [2] BarisalensisDiocese Latin Chittagong29 December 201520,7
Chittagong ChittagongensisMetropolitan ArchdioceseLatinChittagong25 May 192727,6
Dhaka DhakensisMetropolitan ArchdioceseLatinDhaka15 February 185014,193
Dinajpur DinaipurensisDioceseLatinDhaka25 May 192717,500
Khulna KhulnensisDioceseLatinChittagong3 January 195225,855
Mymensingh MymensinghensisDioceseLatinDhaka15 May 198716,448
Rajshahi RaishahiensisDioceseLatinDhaka21 May 199018,063
Sylhet SylhetensisDioceseLatinDhaka8 July 201112,595

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References

  1. ↑ http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/country/BD-province.htm GCatholic.org
  2. ↑ "Pope Francis has erected the new Diocese of Barisal | ctgdiocese.com". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-12-29.
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