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-{{Use Indian English|date=July 2017}}
+#REDIRECT [[Diocese of Bagdogra]]
-{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2017}}
-{{Infobox diocese
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-|jurisdiction     = Diocese
+{{R from move}}
-|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&nbsp;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 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'']}}]]
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-{{DEFAULTSORT:Bagdogra, Roman Catholic diocese}}
-[[Category:Roman Catholic dioceses in India]]
-[[Category:Christianity in West Bengal|Christianity in West Bengal]]
-[[Category:Darjeeling district|Darjeeling district]]
-[[Category:Christian organizations established in 1997|Religious organizations established in 1997]]
-[[Category:Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century]]
-[[Category:1997 establishments in West Bengal|Bagdogra]]
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