Continent: South and East Asia
Rite: Roman (Latin)
Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese
Name: Dhaka / Dacca (Italiano) / Dhaken(sis) (Latin)
Suffragan Sees: Dinajpur, Mymensingh, Rajshahi, Sylhet
Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation
Patron Saint: Immaculate Conception
Liturgical Calendar (Universal) 📅
Metropolitan Archbishop (2020.09.30 – ...): | Archbishop Bejoy Nicephorus D’Cruze, O.M.I. (68) President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Bangladesh |
Auxiliary Bishop (2024.02.15 – ...): | Bishop Subroto Boniface Gomes (61) Titular Bishop of Tamazuca |
Metropolitan Archbishops of Dhaka (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Archbishop Bejoy Nicephorus D’Cruze, O.M.I. (68) Metropolitan Archbishop of Dhaka (Bangladesh) The peace of the Lord be with you
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Cardinal Patrick D’Rozario, C.S.C. (80) Cardinal-Priest of Nostra Signora del SS. Sacramento e Santi Martiri Canadesi
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Archbishop Paulinus Costa
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Archbishop Michael Rozario
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Metropolitan Archbishops of Dacca (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Archbishop Theotonius Amal Ganguly, C.S.C. I come to you with joyful heart
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Archbishop Lawrence Leo Graner, C.S.C.
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Bishops of Dacca (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Bishop Lawrence Leo Graner, C.S.C. (later Archbishop) (see above) | ||||||||||
Bishop Timothy Joseph Crowley, C.S.C.
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Bishop Amand-Théophile-Joseph Legrand, C.S.C.
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Bishop Frederick Linneborn, C.S.C.
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Bishop Peter Joseph Hurth, C.S.C. (later Archbishop)
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Bishop Augustine Louage, C.S.C.
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Vicars Apostolic of Eastern Bengal (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Bishop Jordan Ballsieper, O.S.B. Subl.
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Bishop Pierre Dufal, C.S.C.
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Fr. Louis Verité, C.S.C. Pro-Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Bengal (Bangladesh) (1856.06.06 – 1860) | ||||||||||
Bishop Thomas Oliffe
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Area: 12,500 km²
Population: 85,615 Catholics (0.3% of 25,497,700 total)
Pastoral Centres: 30 parishes, 30 missions
Personnel: 121 priests (58 diocesan, 63 religious), 590 religious (229 brothers, 361 sisters), 13 seminarians
Last updated on 2024.05.15
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