Roman Catholic Diocese of Bagdogra

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Diocese of Bagdogra

Dioecesis Bagdogranus

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Location
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
Ecclesiastical province Calcutta
Metropolitan Calcutta
Statistics
Area8,374 km2 (3,233 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2012)
1,003,000
53,114 (5.3%)
Parishes19
Information
Rite Latin Rite
CathedralCathedral of the Good Shepherd in Bagdogra
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishopvacant
Metropolitan Archbishop Thomas D'Souza

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Bagdogra (Latin : Bagdogran(us)) is a suffragan Latin diocese in the ecclesiastical province of Calcutta in northeastern India, yet it depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.

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Its episcopal see is the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd in the city of Bagdogra, West Bengal.

History

Statistics

As per 2014, it pastorally served 55,543 Catholics (5.4% of 1,020,000 total) on 1,200 km² in 19 parishes and 55 missions with 64 priests (29 diocesan, 35 religious), 211 lay religious (46 brothers, 165 sisters) and 14 seminarians.

Episcopal ordinaries

(all Latin Rite) [1]

Suffragan Bishops of Bagdogra

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