Diocese of Raiganj
Raigangen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Raiganj, India
Latin-rite diocese in northern West Bengal, India, erected 8 June 1978 from the Diocese of Dumka by detaching the West Dinajpur and Malda districts. A suffragan of the Archdiocese of Calcutta, its seat is St. Joseph the Worker Cathedral at Chotparua (inaugurated 2010), serving about 95,700 Catholics (2010).
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 8 June 1978
- Latin
- Raigangen(sis)
- Patron
- St. Joseph
- Annuario code
- 001002713
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 95,663
- Population
- 7,814,142
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 1.2%
- Priests
- 118
- Catholics per priest
- 811
- Extent
- 8,920 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 11
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
- Fulgence Aloysius Tigga
- Born
- 3 March 1965
- Birthplace
- Katkahi
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
St. Joseph the Worker Cathedral, Chotparua stands in Raiganj, 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:
- Archdiocese of CalcuttaCalcutta
- Diocese of AsansolAsansol
- Diocese of BagdograBagdogra
- Diocese of BaruipurBaruipur
- Diocese of DarjeelingDarjeeling
- Diocese of JalpaiguriJalpaiguri
- Diocese of KrishnagarKrishnagar
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
On June 8, 1978, Pope Paul VI issued the Apostolic Bull Ut Petrus et Pastor, establishing this diocese at Raiganj in the Uttar Dinajpur district of West Bengal, India. Its territory, the districts of West Dinajpur and Malda, was detached from the Diocese of Dumka. West Dinajpur was later divided into the districts of North and South Dinajpur.
How to reach it
- Diocesan offices
- Bishop’s House, Chotparua, P.O. Karnajora-733130, Uttar Dinajpur Dt., West Bengal, India
- Telephone
- 865.3107.789
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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.