Diocese of Khulna, Bangladesh

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Khulna / Khulnen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Chattogram

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Assumption of Mary

Liturgical Calendar (Universal) 📅

History

1952.01.03: Established as Diocese of Jessore / Iessoren(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Calcutta, gained territory from Diocese of Krishnagar and became suffragan of Dacca)
1956.06.14: Renamed as Diocese of Khulna / Khulnen(sis) (Latin)
2017.02.02: Became suffragan of Chittagong

Present Prelates

Bishop (2012.05.04 – ...):

Bishop James Romen Boiragi (69)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Khulna (Roman Rite)

Bishop James Romen Boiragi (69)
(2012.05.04 – ...)

Bishop of Khulna (Bangladesh)

Lead my sheep

Born:	1955.05.03 (Holdibunia, Bangladesh)
Ordained Priest:	1985.01.13
Consecrated Bishop:	2012.06.15

Priest of Khulna (Bangladesh) (1985.01.13 – 2012.05.04)

Bishop of Khulna (Bangladesh) (2012.05.04 – ...)

Bishop Bejoy Nicephorus D’Cruze, O.M.I. (68) (later Archbishop)
(2005.02.19 – 2011.07.08)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Dhaka (Bangladesh)
President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Bangladesh

The peace of the Lord be with you

Born:	1956.02.09 (Tuital, Bangladesh)
Ordained Priest:	1987.02.20
Consecrated Bishop:	2005.05.06

Bishop of Khulna (Bangladesh) (2005.02.19 – 2011.07.08)

Bishop of Sylhet (Bangladesh) (2011.07.08 – 2020.09.30)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Dhaka (Bangladesh) (2020.09.30 – ...)

President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Bangladesh (2020.12 – ...)

Bishop Michael Atul D’Rozario, C.S.C.
(1970.09.21 – 2005.02.19)

Do what is right

Born:	1925.11.23 (Bangladesh)
Ordained Priest:	1953.06.10
Consecrated Bishop:	1970.12.13
Died:	2016.02.24 († 90)

Bishop of Khulna (Bangladesh) (1970.09.21 – 2005.02.19)

Bishop Dante Battaglierin, S.X.
(1956.08.03 – 1969.03.20)

Born:	1904.03.19 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1926.08.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1956.09.23
Died:	1978.04.29 († 74)

Bishop of Khulna (Bangladesh) (1956.08.03 – 1969.03.20)

Titular Bishop of Ploaghe (1969.03.20 – 1976.09.23)

Special Churches

Cathedral: St. Joseph’s Cathedral, Khulna, Khulna

Baruipur (←), Krishnagar (↖), Rajshahi (↑), Mymensingh (↑), Dhaka (↗), Barishal (↘)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 28,236 km²

Population: 36,683 Catholics (0.2% of 16,527,640 total)

Pastoral Centres: 10 parishes, 83 missions

Personnel: 42 priests (30 diocesan, 12 religious), 107 religious (23 brothers, 84 sisters), 2 seminarians