Roman Catholic Diocese of Bagdogra - Revision history

Cornelius R: basic correct details as per guidelines and fixed typos

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->TheWiiikiBeStrong: Fixed typo

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	== Sources and external links ==		== Sources and external links ==
	* [http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/bagd0.htm GCatholic.org, with Google satellite ~~pgoto~~ - data for all sections] [[Wikipedia:SPS\|{{sup\|[''self-published'']}}]]		* [http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/bagd0.htm GCatholic.org, with Google satellite photo - data for all sections] [[Wikipedia:SPS\|{{sup\|[''self-published'']}}]]
	* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dbagd.html Catholic Hierarchy] [[Wikipedia:SPS\|{{sup\|[''self-published'']}}]]		* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dbagd.html Catholic Hierarchy] [[Wikipedia:SPS\|{{sup\|[''self-published'']}}]]

>Johnpacklambert: removed Category:1997 establishments in India; added Category:1997 establishments in West Bengal using HotCat

2021-02-22T18:31:45Z

removed Category:1997 establishments in India; added Category:1997 establishments in West Bengal using HotCat

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{{Use Indian English|date=July 2017}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2017}}
{{Infobox diocese
|jurisdiction = Diocese
|name = Bagdogra
|latin = Dioecesis Bagdogranus
|local = बागडोगरा के सूबा
|country = {{flag|India}}
|metropolitan = [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Calcutta|Calcutta]]
|province = [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Calcutta|Calcutta]]
|rite = [[Latin Rite]]
|cathedral = Cathedral of the Good Shepherd in [[Bagdogra]]
|cocathedral =
|parishes = 19
|area_km2 = 8,374
|population = 1,003,000
|population_as_of = 2012
|catholics = 53,114
|catholics_percent= 5.3
|pope = {{Incumbent pope}}
|bishop = [[Vincent Aind]]
|metro_archbishop = [[Thomas D’Souza]]
|coadjutor =
|auxiliary_bishops=
}}

The '''Roman Catholic Diocese of Bagdogra''' ({{lang-la| Bagdogran(us)}}) is a [[suffragan]] Latin [[diocese]] in the [[Ecclesiastical province]] of [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Calcutta|Calcutta]] in northeastern [[India]], yet it depend son the missionary [[Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples]].

Its episcopal see is te [[Cathedral]] of the [[Good Shepherd]] in the city of [[Bagdogra]], [[West Bengal]].

== History ==
* Established on 14 June 1997 as '''Diocese of Bagdogra''', on territory split off from the [[Diocese of Darjeeling]].

== Statistics ==
As per 2014, it pastorally served 55,543 Catholics (5.4% of 1,020,000 total) on 1,200 km² in 19 parishes and 55 missions with 64 priests (29 diocesan, 35 religious), 211 lay religious (46 brothers, 165 sisters) and 14 seminarians.

==Episcopal ordinaries==
(all [[Latin Rite]]) <ref>http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/bagd0.htm GCatholic.org [[Wikipedia:SPS|{{sup|[''self-published'']}}]]</ref>

;''Suffragan Bishops of Bagdogra''
* Thomas D’Souza (born Idia) (14 June 1997 – 12 March 2011 ''see below''), next [[Coadjutor Archbishop]] of Calcutta (India) (2011.03.12 – 2012.02.23), succeeding as Metropolitan Archbishop of [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Calcutta|Calcutta]] (2012.02.23 – ...)
*[[Apostolic Administrator]] Thomas D’Souza (''see above'' 2011.03.12 – 2015.04.07)
* Vincent Aind (born India) (7 April 2015 – ...), no previous prelature.

== See also ==
* [[List of Catholic dioceses]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== Sources and external links ==
* [http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/bagd0.htm GCatholic.org, with Google satellite pgoto - data for all sections] [[Wikipedia:SPS|{{sup|[''self-published'']}}]]
* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dbagd.html Catholic Hierarchy] [[Wikipedia:SPS|{{sup|[''self-published'']}}]]

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[[Category:Darjeeling district|Darjeeling district]]
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