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Diocese of Bettiah Dioecesis Bettiahensis बेतिया के सूबा | |
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| Location | |
| Country |  India |
| Ecclesiastical province | Patna |
| Metropolitan | Patna |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 16,089 km2 (6,212 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics (including non-members) | (as of 2012) 15,891,000 5,810 (0.0%) |
| Parishes | 12 |
| Information | |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Bettiah |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Fr. Peter Sebastian Goveas |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | William D'Souza |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Bettiah (Latin: Bettiahen(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Bettiah in the Ecclesiastical province of 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.[1] 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.[1] Other Catholic Christian communities who are served by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Betetiah include those of scheduled castes and tribal people.[1]
History[edit | edit source]
- 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[edit | edit source]
- Bishops of Bettiah (Latin Rite)
- Fr. Peter Sebastian Goveas, Vicar General of Bhagalpur Diocese,[2] is elected new Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Bettiah on 22 July 2017[2]
- 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)
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