Diocese of Buxar, India

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Buxar / Buxaren(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Patna

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Our Lady of Perpetual Help

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

2005.12.12: Established as Diocese of Buxar / Buxaren(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Patna and became suffragan of Patna)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2023.02.04 – ...):

Bishop James Shekhar (57)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Buxar (Roman Rite)

Bishop James Shekhar (57)
(2023.02.04 – ...)

Bishop of Buxar (India)

Born:	1967.09.23 (Singamparai, Tamil Nādu, India)
Ordained Priest:	1996.05.26
Consecrated Bishop:	2023.03.25

Priest of Patna (India) (1996.05.26 – 2023.02.04)

Bishop of Buxar (India) (2023.02.04 – ...)

Archbishop Sebastian Kallupura (71)
(Apostolic Administrator 2018.06.29 – 2023.02.04)

Bishop Sebastian Kallupura (71) (later Archbishop)
(2009.04.07 – 2018.06.29)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Patna (India)

Honouring the Lord

Born:	1953.07.14 (Kottiyoor, India)
Ordained Priest:	1984.05.14
Consecrated Bishop:	2009.06.21

Priest of Patna (India) (1984.05.14 – 2009.04.07)

Bishop of Buxar (India) (2009.04.07 – 2018.06.29)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Patna (India) (2018.06.29 – 2020.12.09)

Apostolic Administrator of Buxar (India) (2018.06.29 – 2023.02.04)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Patna (India) (2020.12.09 – ...)

Archbishop William D’Souza, S.J. (78)
(Apostolic Administrator 2007.10.07 – 2009.04.07)

Bishop William D’Souza, S.J. (78) (later Archbishop)
(2005.12.12 – 2007.10.01)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Patna (India)

To serve and not to be served

Born:	1946.03.05 (Madanthar, India)
Ordained Priest:	1976.05.03
Consecrated Bishop:	2006.03.25

Bishop of Buxar (India) (2005.12.12 – 2007.10.01)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Patna (India) (2007.10.01 – 2020.12.09)

Apostolic Administrator of Buxar (India) (2007.10.07 – 2009.04.07)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of Mary Mother of Perpetual Help, Buxar, Bihār

Allahabad (↙), Varanasi (←), Bettiah (↑), Patna (→), Daltonganj (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 11,311 km²

Population: 28,644 Catholics (0.2% of 14,820,420 total)

Pastoral Centres: 16 parishes, 4 missions

Personnel: 35 priests (17 diocesan, 18 religious), 142 religious (27 brothers, 115 sisters), 8 seminarians