https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Jalpaiguri 2026-08-18T23:41:27Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.43.6 https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Jalpaiguri&diff=56499&oldid=prev 2021-04-03T16:00:17Z

<p>removed <a href="/w/index.php?title=Category:1952_establishments_in_India&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Category:1952 establishments in India (page does not exist)">Category:1952 establishments in India</a>; added <a href="/w/index.php?title=Category:1952_establishments_in_West_Bengal&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Category:1952 establishments in West Bengal (page does not exist)">Category:1952 establishments in West Bengal</a> using <a href="https://en.bharatpedia.org/wiki/BP:HC" class="extiw" title="wp:HC">HotCat</a></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2017}}<br /> {{Use Indian English|date=July 2017}}<br /> {{Infobox diocese<br /> |jurisdiction = Diocese <br /> |name = Jalpaiguri <br /> |latin = Dioecesis Ialpaiguriensis<br /> |local = जलपाईगुड़ी के सूबा<br /> |country = {{flag|India}}<br /> |metropolitan = [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Calcutta|Calcutta]] <br /> |province = [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Calcutta|Calcutta]]<br /> |rite = [[Latin Rite]]<br /> |cathedral = Christ Redeemer Cathedral [[Jalpaiguri]]<br /> |cocathedral = <br /> |area_km2 = 9,614 <br /> |population = 5,112,860 <br /> |population_as_of = 2006 <br /> |catholics = 139,576 <br /> |catholics_percent= 2.7 <br /> |pope = {{Incumbent pope}}<br /> |bishop = [[Clement Tirkey]] <br /> |metro_archbishop = Thomas D’Souza<br /> |coadjutor = <br /> |auxiliary_bishops= <br /> }}<br /> <br /> The &#039;&#039;&#039;Roman Catholic Diocese of Jalpaiguri&#039;&#039;&#039; ({{lang-la| Ialpaigurien(sis)}}) is a [[diocese]] located in the city of [[Jalpaiguri]] in the [[Ecclesiastical province]] of [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Calcutta|Calcutta]] in India.<br /> <br /> ==History==<br /> * 17 January 1952: Established as the Diocese of Jalpaiguri from the [[Diocese of Dinajpur]]<br /> <br /> ==Leadership==<br /> * [[Bishop]]s of Jalpaiguri ([[Latin Rite]])<br /> ** Bishop Clement Tirkey (31 January 2006 – present)<br /> ** Bishop [[James Anthony Toppo]] (24 April 1971 – 4 May 2004)<br /> ** Bishop [[Francis Ekka]] (29 November 1967 – 24 April 1971)<br /> ** Bishop [[Amerigo Galbiati|Ambrose Galbiati]], [[P.I.M.E.]] (20 March 1952 – 22 March 1967)<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> &lt;!--- See [[Wikipedia:Footnotes]] on how to create references using &lt;ref&gt;&lt;/ref&gt; tags which will then appear here automatically --&gt;<br /> {{Reflist|30em}}<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> * [http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/jalp0.htm GCatholic.org] [[Wikipedia:SPS|{{sup|[&#039;&#039;self-published&#039;&#039;]}}]]<br /> * [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/djalp.html Catholic Hierarchy] [[Wikipedia:SPS|{{sup|[&#039;&#039;self-published&#039;&#039;]}}]]<br /> {{coord|26.5358|N|88.6872|E|source:wikidata|display=title}}<br /> <br /> <br /> {{authority control}}<br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Jalpaiguri}}<br /> [[Category:Roman Catholic dioceses in India]]<br /> [[Category:Christianity in West Bengal]]<br /> [[Category:Christian organizations established in 1952]]<br /> [[Category:Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century]]<br /> [[Category:1952 establishments in West Bengal]]<br /> [[Category:Jalpaiguri]]<br /> <br /> <br /> {{India-RC-diocese-stub}}</div>

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