Archdiocese of Dhaka
| Archdiocese of Dhaka | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Bangladesh |
| Diocesan bishop | Patrick Cardinal D'Rozario CSC |
| Auxiliary bishop | Shorot Francis Gomes |
| Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus | Theotonius Gomes CSC |
| Vicar General | Theotonius Gomes CSC |
| founding | 1850 |
| surface | 12,000 km² |
| Parishes | 18 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Residents | 23,339,945 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Catholics | 62,780 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 ) |
| proportion of | 0.3% |
| Diocesan priest | 52 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Religious priest | 73 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 502 |
| Friars | 133 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Religious sisters | 563 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Bengali |
| cathedral | St. Mary's Cathedral |
| Suffragan dioceses |
Diocese of Dinajpur Diocese of Mymensingh Diocese of Rajshahi Diocese of Sylhet |
The Archdiocese of Dhaka ( Latin : Archidioecesis Dhakensis ) is an archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Bangladesh with its seat in Dhaka .
The forerunner of today's Archdiocese of Dhaka is the 1834 by Pope Gregory XVI. established Apostolic Vicariate of Bengal, which was founded in 1850 by Pius IX. Renamed in Apostolic Vicariate East Bengal and on September 1, 1886 by Leo XIII. was raised to the diocese of East Bengal. In 1887 it was renamed the Diocese of Dacca. Pius XII. elevated the diocese to an archbishopric on July 15, 1950 , and on October 19, 1982 the name Dacca was changed to Dhaka.
The cession of territory by the archdiocese created the diocese of Chittagong in 1927 , the Apostolic Prefecture of Haflong in 1952 and the Diocese of Sylhet in 2011 .
The Archbishop of Dhaka was metropolitan for all of Bangladesh until February 2017. With the establishment of the church province of Chittagong and the elevation of the diocese of Chittagong to the archbishopric, the previous suffragans Barisal and Khulna were subordinated to this.
Bishops
- Peter Dufal CSC , 1860–1866, later Superior General of the Congregation of the Holy Cross
- Jordan Ballsieper OSB , 1878 -...
- Augustin Louage CSC, 1890-1894
- Peter Joseph Hurth CSC, 1894-1909
- Frederick Linneborn CSC, 1909-1915
- Amand-Théophile-Joseph Legrand CSC, 1916–1929
- Timothy Joseph Crowley CSC, 1929-1945
- Lawrence Leo Graner CSC, 1947-1967
- Theotonius Amal Ganguly CSC, 1967-1977
- Michael Rozario , 1977-2005
- Paulinus Costa , 2005-2011
- Patrick Cardinal D'Rozario CSC, since 2011
See also
Web links
- Entry for the Archdiocese of Dhaka on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Information Archdiocese of Dhaka (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ erezione della Provincia di Ecclesiastica Chittagong (Bangladesh) e nomina del primo Arcivescovo Metropolita. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , February 2, 2017, accessed February 2, 2017 (Italian).