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| | #REDIRECT [[Archdiocese of Calcutta]] |
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| {{Infobox diocese
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| | jurisdiction = Archdiocese
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| | name = Calcutta
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| | latin = Archidioecesis Calcuttensis <br> কলকাতার বিশপের এলাকা
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| | local =
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| | image = Calcutta, Cathedral of the Most Holy Rosary-2.jpg
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| | image_size = 230px
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| | caption = [[Cathedral of the Most Holy Rosary]]
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| <!---- Locations ---->
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| | country = {{flag|India}}
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| | territory =
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| | province = Calcutta
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| | metropolitan =
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| | coordinates = <!-- Use {{coord}} -->
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| <!---- Statistics ---->
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| | area_sqmi = 11,532
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| | area_footnotes =
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| | population = 31,152,686
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| | population_as_of = 2006
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| | catholics = 145,246
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| | catholics_percent = 0.5
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| | parishes = <!-- Number of parishes in the diocese -->
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| | churches = <!-- Number of churches in the diocese -->
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| | congregations = <!-- Number of congregations in the diocese -->
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| | schools = <!-- Number of church supported schools in the diocese -->
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| | members = <!-- Number of members in the diocese -->
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| <!---- Information ---->
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| | denomination = [[Roman Catholic]]
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| | sui_iuris_church = [[Latin Church]]
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| | rite = [[Roman Rite]]
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| | established = 18 April 1834
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| | cathedral = [[Cathedral of the Most Holy Rosary]]
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| | cocathedral =
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| | patron = [[St Francis Xavier]],<ref name=nvpavq>{{cite web|url=http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=32646 |title=Mother Teresa named co-patron of Calcutta archdiocese | News Headlines |publisher=Catholic Culture |date= |accessdate=2020-02-26}}</ref> [[Mother Teresa|St Teresa of Calcutta]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/vatican-declares-mother-teresa-patron-saint-calcutta-49651357|title=Vatican declares Mother Teresa a patron saint of Calcutta|author=Manik Banerjee|date=6 September 2017|publisher=Associated Press, ABC News.com|accessdate=6 September 2017|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170906160015/https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/vatican-declares-mother-teresa-patron-saint-calcutta-49651357|archivedate=6 September 2017}}</ref>
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| | patron_title = <!-- Use to override the default label "Patron saint" -->
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| | priests = <!-- Number of priests in the diocese -->
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| <!---- Current leadership ---->
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| | pope = {{Incumbent pope}} <!-- DO NOT CHANGE. This will update the Popes Automatically as they change -->
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| | patriarch =
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| | bishop = [[Thomas D'Souza]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.news18.com/videos/page-416/|title=Archbishop Thomas D'Souza condemns rape of nun}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|last=asianetnews|title=Mother Teresa's canonization : Kolkata archbishop Thomas d'souza Sharing Memories|date=2016-09-01|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4f5kKXv2MAY |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/4f5kKXv2MAY |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|accessdate=2017-08-20}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
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| | bishop_title = Archbishop
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| | auxiliary_bishops = <!-- List most senior first (usually reckoned by date of consecration) -->
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| | archdeacons = <!-- List most senior first (usually reckoned by date of first collation); use | archdeacon = for one-->
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| | website = [http://www.archdioceseofcalcutta.in/ Website of the Archdiocese]
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| The '''[[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] [[Metropolitan bishop|Metropolitan]] [[Diocese|Archdiocese]] of [[Kolkata|Calcutta]]''' ({{lang-la|Archidioecesis Calcuttensis}}) is an ecclesiastical territory or [[diocese]] of the [[Roman Catholic Church]] in [[India]].
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| ==History==
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| The archdiocese was originally erected as the '''[[Apostolic vicariate|Apostolic Vicariate]] of [[Bengal]]''' in 1834 by [[Pope Gregory XVI]], and renamed as the '''Apostolic Vicariate of [[West Bengal|Western Bengal]]''' in 1850 by Gregory's successor, [[Pope Pius IX]].
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| On 1 September 1886, when the Catholic hierarchy was created in British India by Pope [[Leo XIII]], the vicariate was elevated to the rank of [[Metropolitan bishop|metropolitan archdiocese]] and renamed as the "Archdiocese of Calcutta".
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| Over the course of times the archdiocese was frequently divided and new metropolitan provinces were created: [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ranchi|Ranchi]], [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Guwahati|Guwahati]] and [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Patna|Patna]]. {{As of|2020|}}, the metropolitan province of Calcutta covers the state of [[West Bengal]]. The [[Suffragan bishop|suffragan sees]] are: [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Asansol|Asansol]], [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Bagdogra|Bagdogra]], [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Baruipur|Baruipur]], [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Darjeeling|Darjeeling]], [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Jalpaiguri|Jalpaiguri]], [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Krishnagar|Krishnagar]] and [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Raiganj|Raiganj]].
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| The archdiocese's [[cathedral]], the seat of its archbishop, is the [[Cathedral of the Most Holy Rosary]], commonly called the "Portuguese Church". Calcutta also houses the oldest Catholic church in the area, the [[Bandel Church|Basilica of the Holy Rosary]], in [[Bandel]] - a former Portuguese settlement - some 40 kilometers (25 miles) north of the city of [[Kolkata]].
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| The current archbishop of Calcutta is [[Thomas D'Souza]], having been appointed by [[Pope Benedict XVI]] on 23 February 2012.<ref>(en) "Thomas D’Souza becomes Archbishop of Calcutta", [http://en.radiovaticana.va/in2/articolo.asp?c=565740 Vatican Radio], 23 February 2012</ref>
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| ==Territory==
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| The archdiocese of Calcutta currently covers the Districts of [[Bankura district|Bankura]], [[Howrah district|Howrah]], [[Hooghly district|Hooghly]], [[Kolkata district|Kolkata]], [[Paschim Medinipur district|Paschim Medinipur]], [[Purba Medinipur district|Purba Medinipur]] and [[North 24 Parganas]] in the state of [[West Bengal]].
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| ==List of Ordinaries of Calcutta==
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| ===Apostolic vicars of Bengal===
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| * 1834 - 1838 : Robert Saint–Leger
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| * 1838 - 1840 : [[Jean-Louis Taberd]]
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| * 1840 - 1850 : [[Patrick Joseph Carew]]
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| ===Apostolic vicars of West Bengal<ref name=catholic-hierarchy>(en) [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dcalc.html "Past and Present Ordinaries"], Archdiocese of Calcutta, ''Catholic Hierarchy''. Retrieved 2 February 2012</ref>===
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| * 1850 - 1855 : Patrick Joseph Carew
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| * 1855 - 1859 : Marc-Thomas Olliffe
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| * 1858 - 1864 : ''Sede vacante'' (''Auguste Goiran, Administrator'')
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| * 1864 - 1865 : Augustus van Heule
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| * 1865 - 1867 : ''Sede vacante'' (''Honoré van der Stuyft,'' ''Administrator'')
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| * 1867 - 1877 : [[Walter Steins|Walter Herman Jacobus Steins]]
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| * 1877 - 1886 : [[Paul Goethals|Paul François Marie Goethals]]
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| ===Archbishops of Calcutta<ref name=catholic-hierarchy/>===
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| * 1886 - 1901 : [[Paul Goethals|Paul François Marie Goethals]]
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| * 1902 - 1924 : [[Brice Meuleman]]
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| * 1924 - 1960 : [[Ferdinand Perier]]
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| * 1960 - 1962 : Vivian Anthony Dyer
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| * 1962 - 1969 : Albert Vincent D'Souza
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| * 1969 - 1986 : [[Lawrence Picachy|Lawrence Trevor Cardinal Picachy]]
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| * 1986 - 2002 : [[Henry Sebastian D'Souza]]
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| * 2002 - 2012 : [[Lucas Sirkar]]
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| * 2012 - Pres : [[Thomas D'Souza]]
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| ==Saints and causes for canonisation==
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| * St. [[Teresa of Calcutta]] lived and served in Calcutta.<ref name="CCBI">{{cite web|url=http://ccbi.in/saints-blessed/|title=Saints & Blessed – CCBI|accessdate=Oct 17, 2019}}</ref>
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| ==See also==
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| *[[Catholic Ecclesiastical Provinces in India]]
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| *[[Diocese of Calcutta of the Church of North India]]
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| *[[Roman Catholicism in India]]
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| ==References==
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| ==External links==
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| *[http://www.archdioceseofcalcutta.in/deaneries-kol.html Archdiocese of Calcutta]
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| *[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dcalc.html Catholic-Hierarchy]
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| *[http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/calc0.htm GCatholic.org]
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| *{{CathEncy|wstitle=Archdiocese of Calcutta}}
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