Archdiocese of Dhaka Archidioecesis Dhakensis ঢাকা মহাধর্মপ্রদেশ | |
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Location | |
Country | Bangladesh |
Ecclesiastical province | Dhaka |
Statistics | |
Area | 14,193 km2 (5,480 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2013) 23,339,945 62,780 (0.3%) |
Parishes | 18 |
Information | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 19 October 1982 (as Archdiocese of Dhaka) |
Cathedral | St. Mary's Cathedral, Dhaka |
Patron saint | Immaculate Conception |
Secular priests | 125 |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Archbishop | Bejoy Nicephorus D'Cruze |
Suffragans | Diocese of Dinajpur Diocese of Mymensingh Diocese of Rajshahi Diocese of Sylhet |
Bishops emeritus | Patrick D'Rozario |
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dhaka (Latin : Archidioecesis Dhakensis) [1] is the Latin, main Metropolitan diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Bangladesh, but no longer the only one. It still depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.
The archdiocese's Marian mother church and thus seat of its archbishop is St. Mary's Cathedral in the national capital Dhaka. As senior Metropolitan in Bangladesh, it is the principal episcopal see of that country. As of 2020 [update] the Archbishop of Dhaka is Bejoy Nicephorus D'Cruze, formerly Bishop of Sylhet, having been appointed by Pope Francis in September 2020.
Its ecclesiastical province still has as suffragan sees
On 2 February 2017, it lost as suffragans the newly created Metropolitan Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chittagong and both its suffragan sees: Barisal and Kulna.
It was erected it as the Apostolic Vicariate of Eastern Bengal by Pope Pius IX on 12 February 1850. [1]
It was promoted as Diocese of Eastern Bengal on 1 September 1886, [1] and renamed as the Diocese of Dacca after its see in 1887. [1]
On 25 May 1927 it lost territory to establish the Diocese of Chittagong, as its suffragan, but since 2017 itself a Metropolitan.
It was elevated to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Dacca by Pope Pius XII on 15 July 1950, [1]
On 17 January 1952 it lost territory to establish the Apostolic Prefecture of Haflong.
It enjoyed its papal visit, from Pope Paul VI, in November 1970.
Pope John Paul II renamed it as the Archdiocese of Dhaka on 19 October 1982. [2]
It enjoyed a second papal visit from Pope John Paul II in November 1986.
It lost territory on 15 May 1987 to establish the Diocese of Mymensingh and on 8 July 2011 again to establish the Diocese of Sylhet, as its suffragans.
Below is a list of individuals who have led the Archdiocese of Dhaka and its antecedent jurisdictions since its founding.
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. [3] [4] [5] All coadjutor ordinaries eventually succeeded to become head of the Archdiocese of Dhaka or its antecedent jurisdictions.
As per 2014, it pastorally served 64,960 Catholics (0.3% of 23,539,280 total) on 12,000 km2 in 18 parishes and 14 missions with 115 priests (42 diocesan, 73 religious), 695 lay religious (132 brothers, 563 sisters) and 17 seminarians.
Year | Catholics | Diocesan priest | Parishes |
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2000 | 70,821 | 42 | 19 |
2015 | 62,780 | 52 | 18 |
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