Roman Catholic Diocese of Bagdogra

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Bagdogra (Latin: Bagdogran(us)) is a suffragan Latin diocese in the ecclesiastical province of Calcutta in northeastern India, yet it depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.

Diocese of Bagdogra Dioecesis Bagdogranus बागडोगरा के सूबा
Location
Country	India
Ecclesiastical province	Calcutta
Metropolitan	Calcutta
Statistics
Area	8,374 km2 (3,233 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2012) 1,003,000 53,114 (5.3%)
Parishes	19
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Cathedral	Cathedral of the Good Shepherd in Bagdogra
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	vacant
Metropolitan Archbishop	Thomas D'Souza

Its episcopal see is the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd in the city of Bagdogra, West Bengal.

History

• Established on 14 June 1997 as Diocese of Bagdogra, on territory split off from the Diocese of Darjeeling.

Statistics

As per 2014, it pastorally served 55,543 Catholics (5.4% of 1,020,000 total) on 1,200 km² in 19 parishes and 55 missions with 64 priests (29 diocesan, 35 religious), 211 lay religious (46 brothers, 165 sisters) and 14 seminarians.

Episcopal ordinaries

(all Latin Rite)

Suffragan Bishops of Bagdogra

• Thomas D'Souza (born Idia) (14 June 1997 – 12 March 2011 see below), next Coadjutor Archbishop of Calcutta (India) (2011.03.12 – 2012.02.23), succeeding as Metropolitan Archbishop of Calcutta (2012.02.23 – ...)
• Apostolic Administrator Thomas D’Souza (see above 2011.03.12 – 2015.04.07)
• Vincent Aind (born India) (7 April 2015 – 30 December 2023), succeeding as Metropolitan Archbishop of Ranchi (2023.12.30 – ...)

See also

• List of Catholic dioceses

Sources and external links

• GCatholic.org, with Google satellite photo - data for all sections ^{[self-published]}
• Catholic Hierarchy ^{[self-published]}