Diocese of Barishal, Bangladesh 🇧🇩

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Barishal / Barisalen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Chattogram

Patron Saint: Saint Peter

2015.12.29: Established as Diocese of Barisal / Barisalen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Chittagong and became suffragan of Dhaka)
2017.02.02: Became suffragan of Chittagong
2018.12.28: Renamed as Diocese of Barishal / Barisalen(sis) (Latin)

Bishop (2022.06.21 – ...):

Bishop Emmanuel Kanon Rozario (62)

Bishops of Barishal (Roman Rite)

Bishop Emmanuel Kanon Rozario (62)
(2022.06.21 – ...)

Bishop of Barishal (Bangladesh)

Priest of Rajshahi (Bangladesh) (1993.12.28 – 2022.06.21)

Bishop of Barishal (Bangladesh) (2022.06.21 – ...)

Archbishop Lawrence Subrata Howlader, C.S.C. (60)
(Apostolic Administrator 2021.02.19 – 2022.06.21)

Bishop Lawrence Subrata Howlader, C.S.C. (60) (later Archbishop)
(2018.12.28 – 2021.02.19)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Chattogram (Bangladesh)

Titular Bishop of Afufenia (2009.05.07 – 2015.12.29)

Auxiliary Bishop of Chittagong (Bangladesh) (2009.05.07 – 2015.12.29)

Bishop of Barisal (Bangladesh) (2015.12.29 – 2018.12.28)

Bishop of Barishal (Bangladesh) (2018.12.28 – 2021.02.19)

Apostolic Administrator of Barishal (Bangladesh) (2021.02.19 – 2022.06.21)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Chattogram (Bangladesh) (2021.02.19 – ...)

Bishops of Barisal (Roman Rite)

Bishop Lawrence Subrata Howlader, C.S.C. (60) (later Archbishop)
(2015.12.29 – 2018.12.28)

(see above)

Khulna (↖), Dhaka (↑), Agartala (↗), Chattogram (→)

Area: 20,708 km²

Population: 19,567 Catholics (0.1% of 15,183,927 total)

Pastoral Centres: 9 parishes, 1 mission

Personnel: 24 priests (19 diocesan, 5 religious), 53 religious (9 brothers, 44 sisters), 14 seminarians