List of Catholic dioceses in Bangladesh

The Roman Catholic Church in Bangladesh is composed solely of a Latin hierarchy, joint in the national Episcopal Conference of Bangladesh (the former East Pakistan), comprising only two Latin ecclesiastical provinces, under the Metropolitans of the Archdioceses of Dhaka and of Chittagong, which together have a total of six suffragan dioceses.

Unlike India, there are no Eastern Catholic sees. Neither are there pre-diocesan or other exempt jurisdictions. There are no titular sees, nor defunct jurisdictions without current successor sees.

There is an Apostolic Nunciature to Bangladesh as papal diplomatic representation (embassy-level).

List of dioceses
Ecclesiastical jurisdictions[1] Latin name Type Church Ecclesiastical province Established Area (km2)
Barisal[2] Barisalensis Diocese Latin Chittagong 29 December 2015 20,7
Chittagong Chittagongensis Metropolitan Archdiocese Latin Chittagong 25 May 1927 27,6
Dhaka Dhakensis Metropolitan Archdiocese Latin Dhaka 15 February 1850 14,193
Dinajpur Dinaipurensis Diocese Latin Dhaka 25 May 1927 17,500
Khulna Khulnensis Diocese Latin Chittagong 3 January 1952 25,855
Mymensingh Mymensinghensis Diocese Latin Dhaka 15 May 1987 16,448
Rajshahi Raishahiensis Diocese Latin Dhaka 21 May 1990 18,063
Sylhet Sylhetensis Diocese Latin Dhaka 8 July 2011 12,595

See also

References
  1. http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/country/BD-province.htm GCatholic.org
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-12-29.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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