Diocese of Buxar
Buxaren(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Buxar, India
The Diocese of Buxar is a Latin rite diocese in Bihar, India, created on 12 December 2005 from territory of the Archdiocese of Patna, of which it is a suffragan. Its seat is the Cathedral of Mary Mother of Perpetual Help in Buxar.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 12 December 2005
- Latin
- Buxaren(sis)
- Patron
- Our Lady of Perpetual Help
- Annuario code
- 001000992
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 25,434
- Population
- 10,342,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 0.2%
- Priests
- 36
- Catholics per priest
- 707
- Extent
- 11,298 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 2.3
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
- James Shekhar
- Born
- 23 September 1967
- Birthplace
- Singamparai
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 Mary Mother of Perpetual Help, Buxar stands in Buxar, 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 Patna
A suffragan of Patna.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of PatnaPatna
- Diocese of BettiahBettiah
- Diocese of BhagalpurBhagalpur
- Diocese of MuzaffarpurMuzaffarpur
- Diocese of PurneaPurnea
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Created on December 12, 2005, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Buxar (Latin: Dioecesis Buxarensis) in India is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Patna. The parish church "Mary Mother of Perpetual Help" in Buxar serves as the diocesan cathedral. Its 11,311 km² of the Patna state take in the districts of Buxar, Bhojpur, Bhabua, and Rohtas, territory formerly administrated by the Archdiocese of Patna.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.