List of Roman Catholic archbishops of Dhaka

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Archbishop of Dhaka
Archbishopric
catholic
Incumbent:
Bejoy Nicephorus D'Cruze
Information
First holder Thomas Oliffe (apostolic vicar)
Augustine Louage (bishop)
Lawrence Leo Graner (archbishop)
Established1850 (apostolic vicariate)
1886 (bishopric)
1950 (archbishopric)
Archdiocese Dhaka
Cathedral St. Mary's Cathedral

The Archbishop of Dhaka is the head of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dhaka, who is responsible for looking after its spiritual and administrative needs. As the archdiocese is the metropolitan see of the ecclesiastical province encompassing nearly all of the Dhaka Division, [1] [2] the Archbishop of Dhaka also administers the bishops who head the suffragan dioceses of Dinajpur, Mymensingh, Rajshahi and Sylhet. [3] The current archbishop is Bejoy Nicephorus D'Cruze. [4] [5]

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The archdiocese began as the Apostolic Vicariate of Eastern Bengal, which was created on February 12, 1850. [6] Thomas Oliffe was appointed its first vicar. On September 1, 1886, the vicariate was elevated to the status of diocese by Pope Leo XIII. It was renamed as the Diocese of Dacca after its see in 1887. Augustin Louage was appointed its first bishop. On account of the population increase, the Holy See decided to elevate the diocese to the status of archdiocese on July 15, 1950. [3] Lawrence Leo Graner became the first archbishop of the newly formed metropolitan see.

Six men have been Archbishop of Dhaka; another Five were bishop of its predecessor diocese. [7] One of them was elevated to the College of Cardinals. [8] Theotonius Amal Ganguly, the eleventh ordinary of the archdiocese, was the first archbishop to be born in the Bangladesh, as well as the first born in Dhaka. [9] Patrick D’Rozario became the first cardinal from Bangladesh in 2016. Michael Rozario had the longest tenure as Archbishop of Dhaka, serving for 28 years from 1977 to 2005, [10] while Louage held the position for 42 months (1890–1894), marking the shortest episcopacy. [6]

List of ordinaries

Dufal-pierre-eveque de galveston.jpg
Pierre Dufal, the third Apostolic Vicar of Eastern Bengal.
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Peter Joseph Hurth, the second Bishop of Dacca.
Patrick D'Rozario, CSC.jpg
Patrick D’Rozario, the first Bangladeshi cardinal
Key
‡Denotes archbishop who was elevated to the College of Cardinals
CSC Congregation of Holy Cross
OMI Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate
OSB Order of Saint Benedict

Apostolic Vicars

FromUntilIncumbentNotesRef(s)
18501855 Thomas Oliffe Appointed on February 15, 1850. Transferred to Western Bengal on November 2, 1855. [11]
18551860 Louis Verité , CSC Appointed Pro apostolic vicar on June 6, 1856. [2]
18601876 Pierre Dufal , CSC Appointed on July 3, 1860. Resigned on July 28, 1876. [12] [13]
18781886 Jordan Ballsieper , OSB Appointed on April 5, 1878. Died on March 1, 1890. [14]

Bishops

FromUntilIncumbentNotesRef(s)
18901894 Augustine Joseph Louage , CSC Appointed on November 21, 1890. Died on June 8, 1894. [15]
18941909 Peter Joseph Hurth , CSC Appointed on June 26, 1894. Resigned on February 15, 1909. [16] [17]
19091915 Frederick Linneborn , CSC Appointed on February 13, 1909. Died on July 21, 1915. [17]
19161929 Amand-Théophile-Joseph Legrand , CSC Appointed on August 16, 1916. [upper-alpha 1] Retired on November 9, 1929. Died on April 10, 1937 [18]
19291945 Timothy Joseph Crowley , CSC Coadjutor bishop [upper-alpha 2] from 1927 to 1929. [upper-alpha 3] Died on October 2, 1945. [21]
19471950 Lawrence Leo Graner , CSC Appointed on February 13, 1947 [upper-alpha 4] [22]

Archbishops

FromUntilIncumbentNotesRef(s)
19501967 Lawrence Leo Graner , CSC Became the first Archbishop of Dhaka on July 15, 1950. Resigned on November 23, 1967. Died on April 21, 1982 [23]
19671977 Theotonius Amal Ganguly , CSC Auxiliary bishop from 1960 to 1965. [upper-alpha 5] Coadjutor archbishop [upper-alpha 2] from 1965 to 1967. Appointed on November 23, 1967. First archbishop to be born in Bangladesh and in Dhaka. Died on September 2, 1977. [24] [9]
19772005 Michael Rozario Appointed on December 17, 1977. Retired on July 9, 2005. Died on March 18, 2007. [10] [25]
20052011 Paulinus Costa Appointed on July 9, 2005. Retired on October 22, 2011. Died on January 3, 2015. [26] [27]
20112020 Patrick D'Rozario , CSC ‡ Coadjutor Archbishop [upper-alpha 2] from 2010 to 2011. Elevated to cardinal on November 19, 2016. Retired on September 30, 2020 [28] [29] [8]
2020present Bejoy Nicephorus D'Cruze , OMI Appointed on September 30, 2020. [5] [30]

Notes

  1. ↑ Legrand was appointed bishop on August 16, 1916, but only received episcopal consecration on November 5, 1916.
  2. 1 2 3 Under the Code of Canon Law, the coadjutor bishop has the right of succession (cum jure successionis) upon the death, retirement or resignation of the diocesan bishop he is assisting. [19] [20]
  3. ↑ Crowley was appointed coadjutor archbishop on January 26, 1927, but only received episcopal consecration on May 1, 1927.
  4. ↑ Graner was appointed bishop on February 13, 1947, but only received episcopal consecration on April 23, 1947.
  5. ↑ Ganguly was appointed auxiliary bishop on September 3, 1960, but only received episcopal consecration on October 7, 1960.

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