Diocese of Muzaffarpur, India 🇮🇳

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Muzaffarpur / Muzaffarpuren(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Patna

Neighbouring Dioceses: Bettiah (↖), Nepal (↑), Purnea (→), Bhagalpur (↘), Patna (↓)

Patron Saint: Our Lady of Perpetual Help

1980.03.06: Established as Diocese of Muzaffarpur / Muzaffarpuren(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Patna and became suffragan of Ranchi)
1998.06.27: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Bettiah
1999.03.16: Became suffragan of Patna

Bishop (2014.07.11 – ...):

Bishop Cajetan Francis Osta (64)

Bishops of Muzaffarpur (Roman Rite)

Bishop Cajetan Francis Osta (64)
(2014.07.11 – ...)

Bishop of Muzaffarpur (India)

Priest of Muzaffarpur (India) (1992.05.09 – 2014.07.11)

Bishop of Muzaffarpur (India) (2014.07.11 – ...)

Bishop John Baptist Thakur, S.J. (89)
(1980.03.06 – 2014.07.11)

Bishop emeritus of Muzaffarpur (India)

Bishop of Muzaffarpur (India) (1980.03.06 – 2014.07.11)

Bettiah (↖), Nepal (↑), Purnea (→), Bhagalpur (↘), Patna (↓)

Area: 27,125 km²

Population: 6,000 Catholics (0.0% of 33,815,900 total)

Pastoral Centres: 21 parishes, 29 missions

Personnel: 41 priests (33 diocesan, 8 religious), 160 religious (24 brothers, 136 sisters), 13 seminarians