The Roman Catholic Diocese of Dinajpur ( la, Dioecesis Dinaipurensis) is a

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located in Dinajpur District,

Rajshahi Division Rajshahi Division ( bn, রাজশাহী বিভাগ) is one of the eight first-level administrative divisions of Bangladesh. It has an area of and a population at the 2011 Census of 18,484,858. Rajshahi Division consists of 8 district ...

, in the

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Dhaka Dhaka ( or ; bn, ঢাকা, Ḍhākā, ), formerly known as Dacca, is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh, as well as the world's largest Bengali-speaking city. It is the eighth largest and sixth most densely populated city ...

in Bangladesh.

History

* May 25, 1927: Established as Diocese of Dinajpur from the Diocese of Krishnagar

Bishops

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s of Dinajpur (Roman rite) ** Bishop

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, P.I.M.E. (1927 – 1928) ** Bishop

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, P.I.M.E. (February 7, 1929 – October 16, 1947) ** Bishop

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, P.I.M.E. (December 9, 1948 – September 5, 1968) ** Bishop

Michael Rozario Michael Rozario (18 January 1926 – 18 March 2007) was a Bangladeshi prelate of the Catholic Church who served as archbishop of Dhaka from 1977 to 2005. He was bishop of Dinajpur from 1968 to 1977. Biography Michael Rozario was born in Solepur, B ...

(September 5, 1968 – December 17, 1977), appointed Archbishop of Dacca ** Bishop

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, C.S.C. (December 19, 1978 – February 23, 1996) ** Bishop

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, C.S.C. (July 5, 1996 – April 6, 2011), appointed Bishop of Chittagong ** Bishop Sebastian Tudu (October 29, 2011 – present)

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

Gervas Rozario Gervas Rozario (born 15 August 1951) is bishop of the Roman Catholic diocese of Rajshahi. His diocese has 59,630 Catholics. Biography Gervas Rozario was born on 15 August 1951 in Satiangasa village in Natore District. He studied his primary educa ...

(priest here, 1980–1990), appointed Bishop of Rajshahi in 2007

References

GCatholic.org

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