Roman Catholic Diocese of Krishnagar

The diocese of Krishnagar (Latin: Dioecesis Krishnagarensis ) is a located in India Roman Catholic diocese based in Krishnanagar, West Bengal.

History

Pope Pius IX. founded the mission sui juris Central Bengal with the Apostolic Constitution regno Christi at the 1855 cession of territory of the Apostolic Vicariate of Western Bengal.

On July 19, 1870 was elevated to the Apostolic Prefecture. On September 1, 1886, it was elevated to a diocese, which was the Archdiocese of Calcutta assumed as suffragan.

The following year, the diocese took its present name. The cathedral was destroyed by an earthquake in 1897 and rebuilt two years later.

It later lost part of its territory in favor of the establishment of new dioceses:

Territory

The diocese of Krishnagar comprises the districts Murshidabad and Nadia, both in West Bengal.

Ordinaries

Bishop of Central Bengal

  • Francesco Pozzi PIME (25 November 1886-1887 )

Bishop of Krishnagar

  • Francesco Pozzi PIME ( 1887-22. October 1905 )
  • Santino Taveggia PIME (23 August 1906-18. January 1927, then Bishop of Dinajpur )
  • Stephen Ferrando SDB (9 July 1934-26. November 1935, then Bishop of Shillong )
  • Louis La Ravoire Morrow SDB (25 May 1939-31. October 1969 )
  • Matthew Baroi SDB (17 September 1973-4. April 1983)
  • Lucas Sirkar SDB (22 June 1984-14. April 2000 Koadjutorerzbischof of Calcutta )
  • Joseph Suren Gomes SDB ( since 17 April 2002)
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Calcutta Friar 1897 Assam earthquake Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Shillong Roman Catholic Diocese of Dinajpur Roman Catholic Diocese of Khulna Districts of India Murshidabad district Nadia district
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