Raiganj diocese
| Raiganj diocese | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | India |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Calcutta |
| Diocesan bishop | Fulgence Aloysius Tigga |
| founding | 1978 |
| surface | 8,920 km² |
| Parishes | 33 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
| Residents | 8,175,321 ( 12/31/2014 / AP2015 ) |
| Catholics | 91,421 ( 12/31/2014 / AP2015 ) |
| proportion of | 1.1% |
| Diocesan priest | 106 ( 12/31/2014 / AP2015 ) |
| Religious priest | 31 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 667 |
| Friars | 42 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
| Religious sisters | 218 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| cathedral | St. Joseph the Worker Cathedral |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Raiganj ( lat. : Dioecesis Raigangensis ) is in India situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Raiganj .
history
The diocese Raiganj was on June 8, 1978 by Pope Paul VI. Established with the Apostolic Constitution Ut Pater from cessions of territory from the Diocese of Dumka and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Calcutta as a suffragan .
territory
The diocese of Raiganj comprises the districts of Uttar Dinajpur and Malda in the state of West Bengal .
Bishops of Raiganj
- Leo Tigga SJ , 1978-1986
- Alphonsus D'Souza SJ, 1987-2016
- Fulgence Aloysius Tigga , since 2018