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Diocese of Rajshahi

Dioecesis Raishahiensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Gervas Rozario, Bishop

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 21 May 1990
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Dhaka
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Bangladesh
  • Square Kilometers: 18,063 (6,976 Square Miles)
  • Official Web Site: http://www.rajcathdioc.org/
  • Mailing Address: Bishop's House, Omorpur, P.O. Shopura, Rajshahi 6203, Bangladesh
  • Telephone: (0721)761.533
  • Fax: 861.647

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
21 May 1990ErectedDiocese of Dinajpur (Rajshahi, Pabna, and Bogra) Diocese of Rajshahi (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
199023,00012,250,000.2%1010201,15010588ap1991
199935,01014,216,879.2%209291,207158115ap2000
200036,06514,217,934.3%2110311,163168815ap2001
200137,91214,473,020.3%209291,307159415ap2002
200239,05614,220,948.3%249331,183189415ap2003
200340,69914,222,660.3%228301,35689415ap2004
200445,52614,578,226.3%248321,42289117ap2005
201056,01815,709,000.4%501060933348717ap2011
201460,88718,329,000.3%3610461,3233410019ap2015
201764,95219,072,080.3%3511461,4121210421ap2018
202068,01520,024,630.3%4016561,214189824ap2021
202271,28820,447,000.3%4416601,1881910226ap2023

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 82, Page 1,371, and Page 1,372

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