Roman Catholic Diocese of Dinajpur

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Dinajpur (Latin: Dioecesis Dinaipurensis) is a diocese located in Dinajpur District, Rajshahi Division, in the Ecclesiastical province of Dhaka in Bangladesh.

Diocese of Dinajpur Dioecesis Dinaipurensis দিনাজপুর এর বিশপের এলাকা
Location
Country	Bangladesh
Ecclesiastical province	Dhaka
Metropolitan	Dhaka
Statistics
Area	17,500 km^2 (6,800 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2013) 16,827,061 54,082 (0.3%)
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	1927 (1927)
Cathedral	Cathedral of St Francis Xavier in Dinajpur
Patron saint	Saint Francis Xavier
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Sebastian Tudu
Metropolitan Archbishop	Patrick D'Rozario, CSC

History

• May 25, 1927: Established as Diocese of Dinajpur from the Diocese of Krishnagar

Bishops

• Bishops of Dinajpur (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Santino Taveggia, P.I.M.E. (1927 – 1928)
  • Bishop Giovanni Battista Anselmo, P.I.M.E. (February 7, 1929 – October 16, 1947)
  • Bishop Joseph Obert, P.I.M.E. (December 9, 1948 – September 5, 1968)
  • Bishop Michael Rozario (September 5, 1968 – December 17, 1977), appointed Archbishop of Dacca
  • Bishop Theotonius Gomes, C.S.C. (December 19, 1978 – February 23, 1996)
  • Bishop Moses Costa, C.S.C. (July 5, 1996 – April 6, 2011), appointed Bishop of Chittagong
  • Bishop Sebastian Tudu (October 29, 2011 – present)

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

• Gervas Rozario (priest here, 1980-1990), appointed Bishop of Rajshahi in 2007)

References

• GCatholic.org
• Catholic Hierarchy