Diocese of Rajshahi
| Diocese of Rajshahi | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Bangladesh |
| Ecclesiastical province | Dhaka |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Dhaka |
| Diocesan bishop | Gervas Rozario |
| founding | 1990 |
| surface | 18,063 km² |
| Parishes | 19 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Residents | 18,329,000 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Catholics | 60,887 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| proportion of | 0.3% |
| Diocesan priest | 36 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Religious priest | 10 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 1,324 |
| Friars | 34 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Religious sisters | 100 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Bengali |
| cathedral | Christ the Savior Cathedral |
| address | PO Box 40, Rajshahi 6000, Bangladesh |
| Website | www.rajcathdioc.org |
The Bistum Rajshahi ( lat. : Dioecesis Raishahiensis ) is an in Bangladesh preferred Roman Catholic diocese based in Rajshahi . It includes the parishes: Rajshahi, Notore, Pabna, Sirajgonj, Bogra, Chapai Nawabgonj, Naogaon and Joypurhat.
history
Pope John Paul II founded it with the Apostolic Constitution Quo aptius on May 21, 1990 from cession of territory by the Diocese of Dinajpur and it was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Dhaka as a suffragan diocese.
Bishops of Rajshahi
- Patrick D'Rozario CSC (May 21, 1990 - February 3, 1995, then Bishop of Chittagong )
- Paulinus Costa (January 11, 1996 - July 9, 2005, then Archbishop of Dhaka )
- Gervas Rozario , since January 15, 2007