Roman Catholic Diocese of Bettiah

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Bettiah (Latin: Bettiahen(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Bettiah in the Ecclesiastical province of Patna in India.

Diocese of Bettiah

Dioecesis Bettiahensis

बेतिया के सूबा
Location
Country India
Ecclesiastical provincePatna
MetropolitanPatna
Statistics
Area16,089 km2 (6,212 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics (including non-members)
(as of 2012)
15,891,000
5,810 (0.0%)
Parishes12
Information
RiteLatin Rite
CathedralCathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Bettiah
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopFr. Peter Sebastian Goveas
Metropolitan ArchbishopWilliam D'Souza

Some of the communicants within this diocese are Bettiah Christians, one of the oldest ethnoreligious Christian communities in the northern Indian subcontinent.[1] Newaris of the Catholic Christian faith who settled in Chuhari in the 1700s after being expelled from Nepal, are part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bettiah as well; they are known as Newar Christians.[1] Other Catholic Christian communities who are served by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Betetiah include those of scheduled castes and tribal people.[1]

History

  • 1892: Established as the Apostolic Prefecture of Bettiah from the Diocese of Allahabad
  • 1917: Suppressed to the Apostolic Vicariate of Patna
  • June 27, 1998: Restored as Diocese of Bettiah from the Diocese of Muzaffarpur

Leadership

See also

References

  1. John, Jose Kalapura (2000). Proceedings of the Indian History Congress, Vol. 61. Indian History Congress. p. 1011, 1016.
  2. http://en.radiovaticana.va/news/2017/07/22/pope_francis_appoints_new_bishop_in_india%E2%80%99s_bettiah_diocese/1326501


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