Diocese of Jalpaiguri
Ialpaigurien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Jalpaiguri, India
Latin-rite diocese in northern West Bengal, India, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Calcutta. Established 17 January 1952 from the Diocese of Dinajpur. Its seat is Christ the Redeemer Cathedral in Jalpaiguri.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 17 January 1952
- Latin
- Ialpaigurien(sis)
- Patron
- Chris the King, Our Lady of the Rosary, Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus
- Annuario code
- 001001716
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 141,758
- Population
- 6,773,993
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 2.1%
- Priests
- 109
- Catholics per priest
- 1,301
- Extent
- 9,614 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 15
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
- Fabian Toppo
- Born
- 7 November 1961
- Birthplace
- Garla
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
Christ the Redeemer Cathedral, Jalpaiguri stands in Jalpaiguri, 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 Calcutta.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of CalcuttaCalcutta
- Diocese of AsansolAsansol
- Diocese of BagdograBagdogra
- Diocese of BaruipurBaruipur
- Diocese of DarjeelingDarjeeling
- Diocese of KrishnagarKrishnagar
- Diocese of RaiganjRaiganj
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Seated in the city of Jalpaiguri in India, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Jalpaiguri (Latin: Ialpaigurien(sis)) forms part of the ecclesiastical province of Calcutta.
How to reach it
- Diocesan offices
- Bishop’s House, Jalpaiguri, Mohitnagar-735102, Jalpaiguri Dt., West Bengal, India
- Telephone
- 954.7659.120
- jcdjpg52@gmail.com
This see keeps no website of its own, so the address of its diocesan offices is published here: withholding it would protect nothing and leave a reader with nowhere to go. Where a see publishes its own site, the register sends you there instead.
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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.