St. Mary's Cathedral also called Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception is a religious building belonging to the Catholic Church and located in the

Kakrail Kakrail () is a neighbourhood in Dhaka. It is under Ramna Thana and falls under the jurisdiction of Dhaka South City Corporation. Over time, Kakrail has grown into a mostly residential area, with apartment plots and schools, but subsequently, sever ...

Ramna Ramna () is a thana (precinct) in central Dhaka and a historic colonial neighbourhood. Once the site of Mughal gardens, it developed into an institutional area during British rule in the late 19th century. It became a focal point for Dhaka's ...

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Dhaka Dhaka ( or ; , ), List of renamed places in Bangladesh, formerly known as Dacca, is the capital city, capital and list of cities and towns in Bangladesh, largest city of Bangladesh. It is one of the list of largest cities, largest and list o ...

Bangladesh Bangladesh, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, eighth-most populous country in the world and among the List of countries and dependencies by ...

. It was established in 1956 and his feast is celebrated on December 8. It belongs to the Roman or Latin rite and is home to the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Dhaka (Latin: ''Archidioecesis Dhakensis''; Bengali: ঢাকার বিশপের এলাকা). It is one of two cathedrals located in the city, the other is St. Thomas Anglican Cathedral. Its Metropolitan Archbishop is Patrick D'Rozario. It is dedicated to the Virgin Mary in her title of the

Immaculate Conception The Immaculate Conception is the doctrine that the Virgin Mary was free of original sin from the moment of her conception. It is one of the four Mariology, Marian dogmas of the Catholic Church. Debated by medieval theologians, it was not def ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:St. Mary's, Church Roman Catholic cathedrals in Bangladesh Churches in Dhaka Roman Catholic churches completed in 1956 20th-century Roman Catholic church buildings

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