Roman Catholic Diocese of Rajshahi
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Rajshahi is a diocese
located in the city of Rajshahi
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 the city of Rajshahi
Rajshahi
The city of Rajshahi is the divisional headquarters of Rajshahi division as well as the administrative district that bears its name and is one of the six metropolitan cities of Bangladesh. Often referred to as Silk City and Education City, Rajshahi is located in the north-west of the country and...
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 Rajshahi (Roman rite)- Bishop Gervas Rozario (January 15, 2007 – present)
- Bishop Paulinus CostaPaulinus CostaPaulinus Costa was Archbishop of the archdiocese of Dhaka from 2005 until his retirement on October 22, 2011.-Career:Costa was ordained as a priest on 21 December, 1963...
(later Archbishop) (January 11, 1996 – July 9, 2005) - Bishop Patrick D’Rozario, C.S.C.Congregation of Holy CrossThe Congregation of Holy Cross or Congregatio a Sancta Cruce is a Catholic congregation of priests and brothers founded in 1837 by Blessed Father Basil Anthony-Marie Moreau, CSC, in Le Mans, France....
(later Archbishop) (May 21, 1990 – February 3, 1995)