Diocese of Mymensingh
Diocese of Mymensingh | |
Basic data | |
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Country | Bangladesh |
Ecclesiastical province | Dhaka |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Dhaka |
Diocesan bishop | Paul Ponen Kubi CSC |
Emeritus diocesan bishop | Francis Anthony Gomes |
founding | 1987 |
surface | 16,448 km² |
Parishes | 14 (2013 / AP 2014 ) |
Residents | 15,798,000 (2013 / AP 2014 ) |
Catholics | 75,332 (2013 / AP 2014 ) |
proportion of | 0.5% |
Diocesan priest | 21 (2013 / AP 2014 ) |
Religious priest | 15 (2013 / AP 2014 ) |
Catholics per priest | 2,093 |
Friars | 33 (2013 / AP 2014 ) |
Religious sisters | 106 (2013 / AP 2014 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | Bengali |
cathedral | St. Patrick's Cathedral |
address | PO Box 37, Bhatikeswar, Mymensingh Town 2200, Bangladesh |
The Bistum Mymensingh ( lat. : Dioecesis Mymensinghensis ) is an in Bangladesh preferred Roman Catholic diocese based in Mymensingh . It includes municipalities of the divisions Dhaka and Mymensingh : Mymensingh, Jamalpur, Kishorganj, Netrokona, Sherpur and Tangail.
history
Pope John Paul II founded it with the Apostolic Constitution Ex quo superno on May 15, 1987 from cessions of territory from the Archdiocese of Dhaka , to which it was also subordinated as a suffragan diocese.
Bishops of Mymensingh
- Francis Anthony Gomes (May 15, 1987 - July 15, 2006)
- Paul Ponen Kubi CSC (since July 15, 2006)