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{{Infobox diocese<br />
|jurisdiction = Diocese <br />
|name = Bettiah <br />
|latin = Dioecesis Bettiahensis <br />
|local = बेतिया के सूबा<br />
|image = Bettiah Catholic Church.jpg<br />
|caption = Bettiah cathedral church<br />
|country = {{flag|India}}<br />
|metropolitan = [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Patna|Patna]] <br />
|province = [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Patna|Patna]] <br />
|rite = [[Latin Church|Latin Rite]]<br />
|cathedral = Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in [[Bettiah]]<br />
|cocathedral = <br />
|area_km2 = 16,089 <br />
|population = 15,891,000<br />
|population_as_of = 2012 <br />
|catholics = 5,810 <br />
|catholics_percent= 0.0 <br />
|parishes = 12<br />
|patron = <br />
|pope = {{Incumbent pope}}<br />
|bishop = Fr. Peter Sebastian Goveas<br />
|metro_archbishop = William D'Souza<br />
|coadjutor = <br />
|auxiliary_bishops= <br />
}}<br />
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The '''Roman Catholic Diocese of Bettiah''' ({{langx|la| Bettiahen(sis)}}) is a [[diocese]] located in the city of [[Bettiah]] in the [[ecclesiastical province]] of [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Patna|Patna]] in India.<br />
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Some of the communicants within this diocese are [[Bettiah Christians]], one of the oldest ethnoreligious Christian communities in the northern Indian subcontinent.<ref name="John2000">{{cite book |last1=John |first1=Jose Kalapura |title=Proceedings of the Indian History Congress, Vol. 61 |date=2000 |publisher=Indian History Congress |pages=1011, 1016 |language=English}}</ref> [[Newar people|Newaris]] of the Catholic Christian faith who settled in Chuhari in the 1700s after being expelled from Nepal, are part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bettiah as well; they are known as Newar Christians.<ref name="John2000"/> Other Catholic Christian communities who are served by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bettiah include those of scheduled castes and tribal people.<ref name="John2000"/><br />
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==History==<br />
* 1892: Established as the [[Apostolic Prefecture]] of Bettiah from the [[Diocese of Allahabad]]<br />
* 1917: Suppressed to the Apostolic Vicariate of Patna<br />
* June 27, 1998: Restored as Diocese of Bettiah from the [[Diocese of Muzaffarpur]]<br />
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==Leadership==<br />
* [[Bishop]]s of Bettiah ([[Latin Church|Latin Rite]])<br />
** Fr. Peter Sebastian Goveas, Vicar General of Bhagalpur Diocese,<ref name=ipppafa /> is elected new Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Bettiah on 22 July 2017<ref name="ipppafa">{{Cite web |title=Pope Francis appoints new bishop in India’s Bettiah Diocese |url=http://www.archivioradiovaticana.va/storico/2017/07/22/pope_francis_appoints_new_bishop_in_india%C3%A2%C2%80%C2%99s_bettiah_diocese/en-1326501 |access-date=2024-04-10 |website=www.archivioradiovaticana.va}}</ref><br />
** Bishop Victor Henry Thakur (June 27, 1998 – July 3, 2013); elevated to [[Archbishop]] of the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Raipur]], in [[Raipur, India]], by [[Pope Francis]]<br />
* Prefects Apostolic of Bettiah ([[Latin Church|Latin Rite]]) <br />
** Fr. [[Eugenio Remigio Schwarz]], [[O.F.M. Cap.]] (1892 – 1918)<br />
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== See also ==<br />
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*[[Christianity in Bihar]]<br />
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* [http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/bett0.htm GCatholic.org] [[Wikipedia:SPS|{{sup|[''self-published'']}}]]<br />
* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dbett.html Catholic Hierarchy] [[Wikipedia:SPS|{{sup|[''self-published'']}}]]<br />
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