Diocese of Sylhet, Bangladesh

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Sylhet / Sylheten(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Dhaka

2011.07.08: Established as Diocese of Sylhet / Sylheten(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Dhaka and became suffragan of Dhaka)

Bishop (2021.05.12 – ...):

Bishop Shorot Francis Gomes (59)

Bishops of Sylhet (Roman Rite)

Bishop Shorot Francis Gomes (59)
(2021.05.12 – ...)

Bishop of Sylhet (Bangladesh)

Priest of Dhaka (Bangladesh) (1990.05.31 – 2016.02.08)

Titular Bishop of Forma (2016.02.08 – 2021.05.12)

Auxiliary Bishop of Dhaka (Bangladesh) (2016.02.08 – 2021.05.12)

Bishop of Sylhet (Bangladesh) (2021.05.12 – ...)

Bishop Bejoy Nicephorus D’Cruze, O.M.I. (69) (later Archbishop)
(2011.07.08 – 2020.09.30)

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 – ...)

Dhaka (↙), Mymensingh (←), Nongstoin (↖), Shillong (↑), Jowai (↗), Aizawl (→)

Area: 12,298 km²

Population: 19,836 Catholics (0.1% of 14,433,580 total)

Pastoral Centres: 7 parishes

Personnel: 21 priests (8 diocesan, 13 religious), 69 religious (18 brothers, 51 sisters), 5 seminarians