Roman Catholic Diocese of Darjeeling
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For the Church of North India diocese based in Darjeeling, see Diocese of Eastern Himalaya.
The Diocese of Darjeeling is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church in India. It is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Calcutta, yet depends on the missionary Dicastery for Evangelization. It includes within its territory the independent Himalayan country of Bhutan, where Christianity is practiced by a tiny minority and proselytism is forbidden.
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Diocese of Darjeeling Dioecesis Darieelingensis दार्जिलिंग के सूबा | |
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Location | |
Country | India Bhutan |
Ecclesiastical province | Calcutta |
Statistics | |
Area | 10,880 km2 (4,200 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2021) 2,331,153 37,320 (2.4%) |
Parishes | 60 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 15 February 1929 (as a Mission Sui Iuris) |
Cathedral | Immaculate Conception Cathedral in Darjeeling |
Secular priests | 147 |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Most Rev. Stephen Lepcha |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Thomas D'Souza |
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The cathedral episcopal see is the Marian Immaculate Conception Cathedral, in Darjeeling, West Bengal state, India.