Diocese of Asansol, India 🇮🇳

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Asansol / Asansolen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Calcutta

Neighbouring Dioceses: Ranchi (←), Dumka (↑), Krishnagar (→), Calcutta (↘)

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Francis Xavier

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1997.10.24: Established as Diocese of Asansol / Asansolen(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Calcutta and became suffragan of Calcutta)

Present Prelates

Bishop:	vacant
Apostolic Administrator (2025.08.20 – ...):	Archbishop Elias Frank (63) Metropolitan Archbishop of Calcutta (India)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Asansol (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Elias Frank (63)
(Apostolic Administrator 2025.08.20 – ...)

Bishop Elias Frank (63) (later Archbishop)
(2023.07.03 – 2025.06.28)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Calcutta (India)
Apostolic Administrator of Asansol (India)

Born:	1962.08.15 (Bantwal, India)
Ordained Priest:	1993.04.23
Consecrated Bishop:	2023.08.24

Priest of Calcutta (India) (1993.04.23 – 1997.10.24)

Priest of Asansol (India) (1997.10.24 – 2023.07.03)

Bishop of Asansol (India) (2023.07.03 – 2025.06.28)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Calcutta (India) (2025.06.28 – 2025.09.20)

Apostolic Administrator of Asansol (India) (2025.08.20 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Calcutta (India) (2025.09.20 – ...)

Bishop Julius Marandi (71)
(Apostolic Administrator 2022.05.04 – 2023.07.03)

Bishop Salvadore Lobo (80)
(Apostolic Administrator 2020.05.04 – 2022.05.04)

Bishop Cyprian Monis (80)
(1997.10.24 – 2020.05.04)

Bishop emeritus of Asansol (India)

Sacred Heart of God

Born:	1945.04.11 (Dorna Halli, India)
Ordained Priest:	1975.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1994.08.04

Titular Bishop of Molicunza (1994.03.26 – 1997.10.24)

Auxiliary Bishop of Calcutta (India) (1994.03.26 – 1997.10.24)

Bishop of Asansol (India) (1997.10.24 – 2020.05.04)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, Asansol, West Bengal

Ranchi (←), Dumka (↑), Krishnagar (→), Calcutta (↘)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 13,300 km²

Population: 35,850 Catholics (0.2% of 16,564,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 17 parishes, 15 missions

Personnel: 80 priests (52 diocesan, 28 religious), 250 religious (35 brothers, 215 sisters), 14 seminarians