Roman Catholic Diocese of Barisal

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Barisal is a Latin suffragan bishopric in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chittagong. However it remains dependent on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.

Diocese of Barisal Dioecesis Barisal বরিশাল ধর্মপ্রদেশ
Location
Country	Bangladesh
Ecclesiastical province	Chittagong
Metropolitan	Chittagong
Statistics
Area	20,708 km^2 (7,995 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics (including non-members)	(as of 2015) 15,183,927 29,685 (0.2%)
Parishes	5
Information
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	2015
Cathedral	St. Peter's Cathedral, Barisal
Secular priests	19
Current leadership
Pope	Francis

There is also a Diocese of Barisal (and a Bishop of Barisal) in the united Church of Bangladesh.

Its cathedral episcopal see is St. Peter's Cathedral, in Barisal, Barisal bibhag.

Statistics

As per 2015, it pastorally served 29,685 Catholics (0.2% of 15,183,927 total) on 20,708 km² in 5 parishes with 19 priests (13 diocesan, 6 religious), 33 lay religious (4 brothers, 29 sisters) and 3 seminarians.

History

Established on 29 December 2015 as Diocese of Barisal, on territory split off from Diocese of Chittagong,[1] suffragan of the Metropolitan Archdiocse of Dhaka.

Since Chittagong was promoted to Metropolitan Archdiocese in February 2017, Barisal become one of its two original suffragans.

Episcopal ordinaries

(all Latin Church, so far members of Latin missionary congregations)

Suffragan Bishops of Barisal

• Lawrence Subrata Howlader, Holy Cross Fathers (C.S.C.) (2015.12.29 – ...); previously Titular Bishop of Afufenia (2009.05.07 – 2015.12.29) & Auxiliary Bishop of mother diocese Chittagong

References

1. "Pope Francis erects new diocese of Barisal in Bangladesh". Vatican Radio. 29 December 2015. Retrieved 4 January 2016.

Sources and external links

• catholic-hierarchy
• GCatholic