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{{Infobox diocese
|jurisdiction = Diocese
|name = Bettiah
|latin = Dioecesis Bettiahensis
|local = बेतिया के सूबा
|country = {{flag|India}}
|metropolitan = [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Patna|Patna]]
|province = [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Patna|Patna]]
|rite = [[Latin Rite]]
|cathedral = Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in [[Bettiah]]
|cocathedral =
|area_km2 = 16,089
|population = 15,891,000
|population_as_of = 2012
|catholics = 5,810
|catholics_percent= 0.0
|parishes = 12
|patron =
|pope = {{Incumbent pope}}
|bishop = Fr. Peter Sebastian Goveas
|metro_archbishop = William D'Souza
|coadjutor =
|auxiliary_bishops=
}}

The '''Roman Catholic Diocese of Bettiah''' ({{lang-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.

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 |page=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 Betetiah include those of scheduled castes and tribal people.<ref name="John2000"/>

==History==
* 1892: Established as the [[Apostolic Prefecture]] of Bettiah from the [[Diocese of Allahabad]]
* 1917: Suppressed to the Apostolic Vicariate of Patna
* June 27, 1998: Restored as Diocese of Bettiah from the [[Diocese of Muzaffarpur]]

==Leadership==
* [[Bishop]]s of Bettiah ([[Latin Rite]])
** 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>http://en.radiovaticana.va/news/2017/07/22/pope_francis_appoints_new_bishop_in_india%E2%80%99s_bettiah_diocese/1326501</ref>
** 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]]
* Prefects Apostolic of Bettiah ([[Latin Rite]])
** Fr. [[Eugenio Remigio Schwarz]], [[O.F.M. Cap.]] (1892 – 1918)

== See also ==
{{Portal|Catholicism|Christianity}}
*[[Christianity in Bihar]]

==References==

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==External links==
{{Wikisource1913CatholicEnc|Bettiah}}
* [http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/bett0.htm GCatholic.org] [[Wikipedia:SPS|{{sup|[''self-published'']}}]]
* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dbett.html Catholic Hierarchy] [[Wikipedia:SPS|{{sup|[''self-published'']}}]]

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