Apostolic Vicariate of

Nepal

Nepal

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Apostolic Vicariate

Name: Nepal / 尼泊爾 (正體中文) / Nepalian(us) (Latin)

Immediately subject to the Holy See

Neighbouring Dioceses: Bettiah (↙), Gorakhpur (↙), Lucknow (←), Bareilly (←), Kangding 康定 (↑), Darjeeling (→), Bagdogra (→), Purnea (↘), Muzaffarpur (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

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History

1983.10.07: Established as Mission sui juris of Nepal / 尼泊爾 (正體中文) / Nepalian(us) (Latin) (from Diocese of Patna)
1996.11.08: Promoted as Apostolic Prefecture of Nepal / 尼泊爾 (正體中文) / Nepalian(us) (Latin)
2007.02.10: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Nepal / 尼泊爾 (正體中文) / Nepalian(us) (Latin)

Present Prelates

Vicar Apostolic:	vacant
Apostolic Administrator (2025.01.05 – ...):	Fr. Silas Krishna Bogati

Ordinaries

Vicars Apostolic of Nepal (Roman Rite)

Fr. Silas Krishna Bogati
(Apostolic Administrator 2025.01.05 – ...)

Bishop Paul Simick (62)
(2014.04.25 – 2024.11.09)

Bishop of Bagdogra (India)

Born:	1963.08.07 (Gitdubling, India)
Ordained Priest:	1992.04.09
Consecrated Bishop:	2014.06.29

Priest of Darjeeling (India) (1992.04.09 – 2014.04.25)

Titular Bishop of Maturba (2014.04.25 – 2024.11.09)

Vicar Apostolic of Nepal (Nepal) (2014.04.25 – 2024.11.09)

Bishop of Bagdogra (India) (2024.11.09 – ...)

Bishop Anthony Francis Sharma, S.J.
(2007.02.10 – 2014.04.25)

Born:	1937.12.12 (Kathmandu, Nepal)
Ordained Priest:	1968.05.04
Consecrated Bishop:	2007.05.05
Died:	2015.12.08 († 77)

Ecclesiastical Superior of Nepal (Nepal) (1984.04.09 – 1996.11.08)

Prefect Apostolic of Nepal (Nepal) (1996.11.08 – 2007.02.10)

Vicar Apostolic of Nepal (Nepal) (2007.02.10 – 2014.04.25)

Titular Bishop of Gigthi (2007.02.10 – 2015.12.08)

Prefects Apostolic of Nepal (Roman Rite)

Fr. Anthony Francis Sharma, S.J. (later Bishop)
(1996.11.08 – 2007.02.10)

(see above)

Ecclesiastical Superiors of Nepal (Roman Rite)

Fr. Anthony Francis Sharma, S.J. (later Bishop)
(1984.04.09 – 1996.11.08)

(see above)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Kathmandu

Churches by City (11)

Bettiah (↙), Gorakhpur (↙), Lucknow (←), Bareilly (←), Kangding 康定 (↑), Darjeeling (→), Bagdogra (→), Purnea (↘), Muzaffarpur (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 147,181 km²

Population: 8,125 Catholics (0.0% of 33,305,815 total)

Pastoral Centres: 15 parishes, 51 missions

Personnel: 115 priests (20 diocesan, 95 religious), 324 religious (108 brothers, 216 sisters), 3 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2026.03.30

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