Roman Catholic Diocese of Darjeeling

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Diocese of Darjeeling

Dioecesis Darieelingensis

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Immaculate Conception Cathedral, Darjeeling.jpg
Immaculate Conception Cathedral in Darjeeling
Location
CountryFlag of India.svg India
Flag of Bhutan.svg Bhutan
Ecclesiastical province Calcutta
Statistics
Area10,880 km2 (4,200 sq mi)
Population
  • Total
  • Catholics
  • (as of 2021)
  • 2,331,153
  • 37,320 (2.4%)
Parishes60
Information
Denomination Catholic Church
Sui iuris church Latin Church
Rite Roman Rite
Established15 February 1929;96 years ago (15 February 1929) (as a Mission Sui Iuris)
CathedralImmaculate Conception Cathedral in Darjeeling
Secular priests 147
Current leadership
Pope Leo XIV
BishopMost Rev. Stephen Lepcha
Metropolitan ArchbishopThomas D'Souza

The Diocese of Darjeeling is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church in India. It is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Calcutta, yet depends on the missionary Dicastery for Evangelization. It includes within its territory the independent Himalayan country of Bhutan, where Christianity is practiced by a tiny minority and proselytism is forbidden.

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The cathedral episcopal see is the Marian Immaculate Conception Cathedral, in Darjeeling, West Bengal state, India.

Statistics

New data from the Annuario Pontifico 2022 reveals as of 2021, it pastorally served 37,320 Catholics (2.4% of 1,535,370 total) on 9,521 km2 in 60 parishes and missions with 147 priests (83 diocesan, 64 religious), 384 lay religious (98 brothers, 286 sisters). [1] [2]

History

Ordinaries

Ecclesiastical Superior of Sikkim
Apostolic Prefects of Sikkim
Suffragan Bishops of Darjeeling

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Diocese of Darjeeling, India".
  2. "Darjeeling (Diocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 5 July 2023.

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