Archdiocese of Dhaka

Its ecclesiastical province still has as suffragan sees • Roman Catholic Diocese of Dinajpur • Roman Catholic Diocese of Joypurhat • Roman Catholic Diocese of Mymensingh • Roman Catholic Diocese of Rajshahi • Roman Catholic Diocese of Sylhet. On 2 February 2017, it lost as suffragans the newly created Metropolitan Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chittagong and both its suffragan sees: Barisal and Kulna. == History ==

It was erected it as the Apostolic Vicariate of Eastern Bengal by Pope Pius IX on 12 February 1850. It enjoyed a second papal visit from Pope John Paul II in November 1986. It lost territory on 15 May 1987 to establish the Diocese of Mymensingh and on 8 July 2011 again to establish the Diocese of Sylhet, as its suffragans. ==Leadership==

Ordinaries Below is a list of individuals who have led the Archdiocese of Dhaka and its antecedent jurisdictions since its founding. Apostolic Vicars of Eastern Bengal • Thomas Oliffe (1850–1855), appointed Apostolic Vicar of Western Bengal • Fr. Louis Verité (1855–1860), as Pro-Apostolic Vicar • Pierre Dufal (1860–1876), resigned; in 1878, appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Galveston, U.S. • Giordano Ballsieper (1878–1886) Bishops of Dhaka • Augustin Louage (1890–1894) • Peter Joseph Hurth (1894–1909), appointed Bishop of Nueva Segovia, Philippines • Frederick Linneborn (1909 –1915) • Amand-Théophile-Joseph Legrand (1916–1929) • Timothy Joseph Crowley (1929–1945) • Lawrence Leo Graner (1947–1950 see below) Archbishops of Dacca • Lawrence Leo Graner (see above 1950–1967) • Theotonius Amal Ganguly (1967–1977) Archbishops of Dhaka • Michael Rozario (1977–2005) • Paulinus Costa (2005–2012) • Patrick D'Rozario (2012–2020) • Bejoy Nicephorus D'Cruze (2020–present) Coadjutor bishops Under the Code of Canon Law, the coadjutor bishop has the right of succession (cum jure successionis) upon the death, retirement or resignation of the diocesan bishop he is assisting. All coadjutor ordinaries eventually succeeded to become head of the Archdiocese of Dhaka or its antecedent jurisdictions. • Timothy Joseph Crowley (1927–1929) • Theotonius Amal Ganguly (1965–1967) • Patrick D’Rozario (2010–2012) Auxiliary Bishops • Theotonius Amal Ganguly (1960–1965), appointed coadjutor of this archdiocese • Shorot Francis Gomes (2016–2022), appointed Bishop of Sylhet • Theotonius Gomes (1996–2014) • Subroto Boniface Gomes (2024-) == Statistics==

As per 2014, it pastorally served 64,960 Catholics (0.3% of 23,539,280 total) on 12,000 km2 in 18 parishes and 14 missions with 115 priests (42 diocesan, 73 religious), 695 lay religious (132 brothers, 563 sisters) and 17 seminarians. == See also ==

• GCatholic.org with incumbent bio links • Catholic-Hierarchy