Roman Catholic Diocese of Darjeeling

Diocese of Darjeeling

Dioecesis Darieelingensis

दार्जिलिंग के सूबा
Immaculate Conception Cathedral in Darjeeling
Location
Country India
 Bhutan
Ecclesiastical provinceCalcutta
Statistics
Area10,880 km2 (4,200 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2021)
2,331,153
37,320 (2.4%)
Parishes60
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established15 February 1929 (as a Mission Sui Iuris)
CathedralImmaculate Conception Cathedral in Darjeeling
Secular priests147
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopMost Rev. Stephen Lepcha
Metropolitan ArchbishopThomas D'Souza

The Diocese of Darjeeling is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church in India. It is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Calcutta, yet depends on the missionary Dicastery for Evangelization. It includes within its territory the independent Himalayan country of Bhutan, where Christianity is practiced by a tiny minority and proselytism is forbidden.

The cathedral episcopal see is the Marian Immaculate Conception Cathedral, in Darjeeling, West Bengal state, India.


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