Roman Catholic Diocese of Dinajpur
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Dinajpur is a diocese
located in Dinajpur District
, Rajshahi Division, in the Ecclesiastical province
of Dhaka
in Bangladesh.
Diocese
A diocese is the district or see under the supervision of a bishop. It is divided into parishes.An archdiocese is more significant than a diocese. An archdiocese is presided over by an archbishop whose see may have or had importance due to size or historical significance...
located in Dinajpur District
Dinajpur District, Bangladesh
Dinajpur is a district in Northern Bangladesh. It is a part of the Rangpur Division.- Geography :Dinajpur is bounded by Thakurgaon and Panchagarh districts in the north, Gaibandha and Joypurhat districts in the south, Nilphamari and Rangpurdistricts in the east, and the state of West Bengal, India...
, Rajshahi Division, in the Ecclesiastical province
Ecclesiastical Province
An ecclesiastical province is a large jurisdiction of religious government, so named by analogy with a secular province, existing in certain hierarchical Christian churches, especially in the Catholic Church and Orthodox Churches and in the Anglican Communion...
of Dhaka
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dhaka
The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Dhaka is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Bangladesh. It was erected it as the Apostolic Vicariate of Eastern Bengal by Pope Pius IX in 1850, promoted to the rank of a diocese on September 1, 1886, and renamed as...
in Bangladesh.
Leadership
- BishopBishopA bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight. Within the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox Churches, in the Assyrian Church of the East, in the Independent Catholic Churches, and in the...
s of Dinajpur (Roman rite)- Bishop Sebastian Tudu (October 29, 2011 - present)
- Bishop Moses Costa, C.S.C. (July 5, 1996 – April 6, 2011, appointed Bishop of ChittagongRoman Catholic Diocese of ChittagongThe Roman Catholic Diocese of Chittagong is a diocese located in the city of Chittagong in the Ecclesiastical province of Dhaka in Bangladesh. The Diocese of Chittagong comprises of the 17 Civil Districts of Chittagong, Cox's Bazar, Bandarban, Rangamati, Khagrachori, Noakhali, Feni, Laxmipur,...
) - Bishop Theotonius Gomes, C.S.C. (December 19, 1978 – February 23, 1996)
- Bishop Michael Rozario (later Archbishop) (September 5, 1968 – December 17, 1977)
- Bishop Joseph Obert, P.I.M.E. (December 9, 1948 – September 5, 1968)
- Bishop Giovanni Battista Anselmo, P.I.M.E. (February 7, 1929 – October 16, 1947)
- Bishop Santino Taveggia, P.I.M.E. (1927 – 1928)