Diocese of Dinajpur Diœcesis Dinaipurensis দিনাজপুর ধর্মপ্রদেশ
Location
Country	Bangladesh
Ecclesiastical province	Dhaka
Metropolitan	Dhaka
Statistics
Area	17,500 km2 (6,800 sq mi)
Population Total Catholics	(as of 2013) 16,827,061 54,082 (0.3%)
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	1927; 98 years ago (1927)
Cathedral	Cathedral of St Francis Xavier inDinajpur
Patron saint	Saint Francis Xavier
Current leadership
Pope	Leo XIV
Bishop	Sebastian Tudu
Metropolitan Archbishop	Patrick D'Rozario, CSC

TheRoman Catholic Diocese of Dinajpur (Latin:Diœcesis Dinaipurensis) is adiocese located inDinajpur District,Rajshahi Division, in theecclesiastical province ofDhaka in Bangladesh.

• May 25, 1927: Established as Diocese of Dinajpur from theDiocese of Krishnagar

• Bishops of Dinajpur (Roman rite)
  • BishopSantino Taveggia, P.I.M.E. (1927 – 1928)
  • BishopGiovanni Battista Anselmo, P.I.M.E. (February 7, 1929 – October 16, 1947)
  • BishopJoseph Obert, P.I.M.E. (December 9, 1948 – September 5, 1968)
  • BishopMichael Rozario (September 5, 1968 – December 17, 1977), appointed Archbishop of Dacca
  • BishopTheotonius Gomes, C.S.C. (December 19, 1978 – February 23, 1996)
  • BishopMoses Costa, C.S.C. (July 5, 1996 – April 6, 2011), appointedBishop of Chittagong
  • BishopSebastian Tudu (October 29, 2011 – present)

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

• GCatholic.org
• Catholic Hierarchy

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