Diocese of Krishnagar

Krishnagaren(sis)

Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Krishnagar, India

Latin-rite diocese in West Bengal, India, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Calcutta. Erected 1 September 1886 as the Diocese of Central Bengal and renamed Diocese of Krishnagar on 7 June 1887; its origins trace to an 1855 mission sui iuris. Its seat is the Cathedral of the Holy Redeemer in Krishnanagar, Nadia.

The see

Rank: Suffragan diocese
Tradition: Latin Church
Erected: 1 September 1886
Latin: Krishnagaren(sis)
Patron: Most Holy Redeemer
Annuario code: 001001907

The see in figures

Catholics: 61,158
Population: 10,561,058
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds: 0.6%
Priests: 74
Catholics per priest: 826
Extent: 8,640 km²
Catholics per km²: 7.1

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: Nirmol Vincent Gomes

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 Holy Redeemer, Krishnanagar stands in Krishnagar, 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:

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

How to reach it

Diocesan offices: Bishop’s House, Don Bosco Road, P.O. Krishnanagar-741101, Nadia Dt., West Bengal, India
Telephone: [03472]252.554; fax 252.664

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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.