Diocese of

Sylhet

Bangladesh Bangladesh

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Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Sylhet / Sylheten(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Dhaka

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

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History

Present Prelates

Bishop (2021.05.12 – ...):Bishop Shorot Francis Gomes (58)Bishop Shorot Francis Gomes (58)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Sylhet (Roman Rite)

Bishop Shorot Francis Gomes (58)Bishop Shorot Francis Gomes (58)
(2021.05.12 – ...)

Bishop of Sylhet (Bangladesh)

Born:1965.12.15 (Hashnabad, Bangladesh)
Ordained Priest:1990.05.31
Consecrated Bishop:2016.04.22

Priest of Dhaka (Bangladesh) (1990.05.31 – 2016.02.08)

Titular Bishop of Forma (2016.02.08 – 2021.05.12)

Auxiliary Bishop of Dhaka (Bangladesh) (2016.02.08 – 2021.05.12)

Bishop of Sylhet (Bangladesh) (2021.05.12 – ...)

Archbishop Bejoy Nicephorus D’Cruze, O.M.I. (68)Bishop Bejoy Nicephorus D’Cruze, O.M.I. (68) (later Archbishop)
(2011.07.08 – 2020.09.30)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Dhaka (Bangladesh)
President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Bangladesh

The peace of the Lord be with you

Born:1956.02.09 (Tuital, Bangladesh)
Ordained Priest:1987.02.20
Consecrated Bishop:2005.05.06

Bishop of Khulna (Bangladesh) (2005.02.19 – 2011.07.08)

Bishop of Sylhet (Bangladesh) (2011.07.08 – 2020.09.30)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Dhaka (Bangladesh) (2020.09.30 – ...)

President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Bangladesh (2020.12 – ...)

Special Churches

Dhaka (↙), Mymensingh (←), Nongstoin (↖), Shillong (↑), Jowai (↗), Aizawl (→)

Statistics (2021.12.31)

Area: 12,594 km²

Population: 19,815 Catholics (0.1% of 14,286,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 7 parishes, 3 missions

Personnel: 19 priests (6 diocesan, 13 religious), 59 religious (18 brothers, 41 sisters), 5 seminarians

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Last updated on 2024.03.04

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