Holy Rosary Church is a
Roman Catholic church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions, and has played a ...
in the
Tejgaon area of
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 i ...
. It is also known as Tejgaon Church and once popularly called the ''Japmala Queen Church''. Under this Catholic church has 17,120 Catholics. Fr. Kamal Andreas Corraya is parish priest of this church and Fr. Mintu Lawrence Palma, Fr. Antony Ripon D' Rozario and Fr. Sony Martin Rodrigues are serving there as assistant parish priest. Each Sunday Catholics gather there for Sunday mass and thousands devotee join there.
Construction
Portuguese Augustinian missionaries introduced Christianity in Dhaka. The second church of Dhaka was built in 1677 at
Tejgaon. But this one is the oldest example that can be found.
Renovation
The church was renovated three times. In 1714, 1940 and the last renovation was in 2000.
The difference between the width of walls and the parts of the roof suggest that the eastern part of the Church was built later.
Information
Parish Priest : Fr. Kamal Andreas Corraya
Assist. Priest : Fr. Mintu Lawrence Palma
Assist. Priest : Fr. Antony Ripon D' Rozario
Assist. Priest : Fr. Sony Martin Rodriques
Catholics : 17,120 (including Nayanagar, Uttara Banani, Mahakhali and Bhatara)
See also
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Christianity in Bangladesh
Christians in Bangladesh account for 0.30% (roughly 500,000 believers) of the nation's population as of 2022 census. Together with Judaism and Buddhism (plus other minority religious groups such as Atheism, Sikhism, the Bahá’í Faith and ...
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The Portuguese in Dhaka
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External links
* {{Commons category-inline, Holy Rosary Church, Dhaka
Churches in Dhaka
Roman Catholic churches in Bangladesh
Roman Catholic churches completed in 1677