Diocese of Rajshahi, Bangladesh 🇧🇩

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Rajshahi / Raishahien(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Dhaka

Neighbouring Dioceses: Raiganj (↖), Joypurhat (↑), Tura (↗), Mymensingh (→), Khulna (↘), Krishnagar (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Good Shepherd

Liturgical Calendar (Universal) 📅

History

1990.05.21: Established as Diocese of Rajshahi / Raishahien(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Dinajpur and became suffragan of Dhaka)
2026.03.25: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Joypurhat

Present Prelates

Bishop (2007.01.15 – ...):

Bishop Gervas Rozario (74)

Vice-President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Bangladesh

Ordinaries

Bishops of Rajshahi (Roman Rite)

Bishop Gervas Rozario (74)
(2007.01.15 – ...)

Bishop of Rajshahi (Bangladesh)
Vice-President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Bangladesh

We are servants of God

Born:	1951.08.15 (Stiangaccha, Bangladesh)
Ordained Priest:	1980.12.30
Consecrated Bishop:	2007.03.22

Priest of Dinajpur (Bangladesh) (1980.12.31 – 1990.05.20)

Priest of Rajshahi (Bangladesh) (1990.05.20 – 2007.01.15)

Bishop of Rajshahi (Bangladesh) (2007.01.15 – ...)

Vice-President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Bangladesh (2011? – ...)

Bishop Paulinus Costa (later Archbishop)
(1996.01.11 – 2005.07.09)

Fill our hearts with joy

Born:	1936.10.19 (Rangamatia, Bangladesh)
Ordained Priest:	1963.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1996.04.26
Died:	2015.01.03 († 78)

Bishop of Rajshahi (Bangladesh) (1996.01.11 – 2005.07.09)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Dhaka (Bangladesh) (2005.07.09 – 2011.10.22)

President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Bangladesh (2005.08 – 2011.10.22)

Bishop Patrick D’Rozario, C.S.C. (82) (later Cardinal)
(1990.05.21 – 1995.02.03)

Cardinal-Priest of Nostra Signora del SS. Sacramento e Santi Martiri Canadesi
Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Dhaka (Bangladesh)

Joy in communion

Born:	1943.10.01 (Padri Shibpur, Bangladesh)
Ordained Priest:	1972.10.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1990.09.12
Created Cardinal:	2016.11.19

Bishop of Rajshahi (Bangladesh) (1990.05.21 – 1995.02.03)

Bishop of Chittagong (Bangladesh) (1995.02.03 – 2010.11.25)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Dhaka (Bangladesh) (2010.11.25 – 2011.10.22)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Dhaka (Bangladesh) (2011.10.22 – 2020.09.30)

President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Bangladesh (2011.12 – 2020.12)

Cardinal-Priest of Nostra Signora del SS. Sacramento e Santi Martiri Canadesi (2016.11.19 [2017.05.13] – ...)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of the Good Shepherd, Rajshahi, Rajshahi

Raiganj (↖), Joypurhat (↑), Tura (↗), Mymensingh (→), Khulna (↘), Krishnagar (↓)

Statistics (2026)

Area: 11,467 km²

Population: 53,170 Catholics (0.4% of 13,318,692 total)

Pastoral Centres: 18 parishes

Personnel: 64 priests (57 diocesan, 7 religious), 103 religious (6 brothers, 97 sisters), 42 seminarians