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Diocese of Baruipur

Baruipuren(sis)

Latin rite diocese in West Bengal, India, erected on 30 May 1977 from the Archdiocese of Calcutta. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Calcutta, with the Cathedral of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in Baruipur as its seat.

The see

Rank
Suffragan diocese
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
30 May 1977
Latin
Baruipuren(sis)
Patron
Immaculate Conception
Annuario code
001000845

The see in figures

Catholics
60,465
Population
9,834,000
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
0.6%
Priests
73
Catholics per priest
828
Extent
10,880 km²
Catholics per km²
5.6

Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.

The bishop

Bishop
Shyamal Bose
Born
24 March 1961
Birthplace
Gosaba

A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.

The cathedral

Cathedral of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Baruipur stands in Baruipur, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.

The province of Calcutta

A suffragan of Archdiocese of Calcutta.

The sees of this province:

On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.

History

Seated in the city of Baruipur, this Roman Catholic diocese (Latin: Baruipuren(sis)) forms part of India's ecclesiastical province of Calcutta.

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Sources

The see's own website · Wikipedia

Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.