The St. Joseph's Cathedral also called Khulna Cathedral is a religious building affiliated with the Catholic Church which is located in Babu Khan Road, in the city of

Khulna Khulna ( bn, খুলনা, ) is the third-largest city in Bangladesh, after Dhaka and Chittagong. It is the administrative centre of Khulna District and Khulna Division. Khulna's economy is the third-largest in Bangladesh, contributing $53 b ...

, third-largest in the Asian country of

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. The temple dating from 1956 follows the Roman or Latin Rite and is the mother or main church of the diocese of Khulna (''Dioecesis Khulnensis''; খুলনা এর বিশপের এলাকা) which was created as a diocese of Jessore in 1952 by the Bull ''"Cum sit usu"'' by the

Pope Pius XII Pope Pius XII ( it, Pio XII), born Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli (; 2 March 18769 October 1958), was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 2 March 1939 until his death in October 1958. Before his e ...

. It is under the pastoral responsibility of the Bishop James Romen Boiragi. Nearby is a secondary that also was named in honour of St. Joseph.

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