Archdiocese of Chittagong
| Archdiocese of Chittagong | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Bangladesh |
| Ecclesiastical province | Chittagong |
| Diocesan bishop | Sedis vacancy |
| founding | 1927 |
| surface | 27,647 km² |
| Parishes | 11 (February 2, 2017) |
| Residents | 19,188,306 (February 2, 2017) |
| Catholics | 48,917 (February 2, 2017) |
| proportion of | 0.3% |
| Diocesan priest | 10 (February 2, 2017) |
| Religious priest | 8 (February 2, 2017) |
| Catholics per priest | 2,718 |
| Friars | 10 (February 2, 2017) |
| Religious sisters | 71 (February 2, 2017) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Bengali |
| cathedral | Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary |
| address | Bandel Road Patharghata PO Box 152 Chittagong 4000 Bangladesh |
| Suffragan dioceses |
Diocese of Barisal Diocese of Khulna |
The Archdiocese of Chittagong ( lat. : Dioecesis Chittagongensis ) is in Bangladesh located Archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church .
Short Story
The current archdiocese was founded by Pope Pius XI. Detached from the Archdiocese of Dhaka on May 25, 1927 , established as the Diocese of Chittagong and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Dhaka as a suffragan diocese.
On December 29, 2015, the Diocese of Chittagong gave up territorial shares for the establishment of the Diocese of Barisal , whose first bishop was the previous auxiliary bishop in Chittagong, Lawrence Subrata Howlader CSC.
Since its inception, all the bishops of the Congregation of the Holy Cross have come from .
Pope Francis elevated the diocese to the archbishopric and metropolitan seat of the newly established church province of Chittagong on February 2, 2017 . The dioceses of Barisal and Khulna were subordinated to the new archbishopric as suffragans and the previous bishop Moses M. Costa CSC was appointed first archbishop.
Bishops
- Alfred-Arthur Le Pailleur CSC (1927–1951)
- Raymond Larose CSC (1952–1968)
- Joachim J. Rozario CSC (1968–1994)
- Patrick D'Rozario CSC (1995-2010, then Coadjutor Archbishop of Dhaka)
- Moses M. Costa CSC (2011–2020, Archbishop since 2017 )
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b erezione della Provincia Ecclesiastica di Chittagong (Bangladesh) e del primo nouns Arcivescovo Metropolita. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , February 2, 2017, accessed February 2, 2017 (Italian).
- ↑ erezione della Diocese Barisal (Bangladesh) e nomina del primo Vescovo. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , December 29, 2015, accessed December 29, 2015 (Italian).