Roman Catholic Diocese of Chittagong
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Archdiocese of Chittagong Archidioecesis Chittagongensis চট্টগ্রাম এর বিশপের এলাকা |
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| Location | |
| Country | Bangladesh |
| Ecclesiastical province | Chittagong |
| Metropolitan | Chittagong |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 44,195 km2 (17,064 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2011) 34,890,000 39,664 (0.1%) |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Established | 25 May 1927 (As Diocese of Chittagong) 2 February 2017 (As Archdiocese of Chittagong) |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary in Chittagong |
| Patron saint | Our Lady of the Rosary |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Archbishop | Moses Costa, CSC |
| Auxiliary Bishops | Lawrence Subrato Howlader, CSC |
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chittagong (Latin: Archidioecesis Chittagongensis) is an archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Catholic Church in Bangladesh. The Archdiocese of Chittagong is the metropolitan see of the ecclesiastical province of Chittagong, which includes the suffragan dioceses of Khulna and Barisal, all in Bangladesh. However it remains dependent on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.
Its cathedral episcopal see is (Marian) Our Lady of the Holy Rosary Cathedral, in the Bengal city of Chittagong.
The Archdiocese of Chittagong comprises the 17 civil districts of Chittagong: Cox's Bazar, Bandarban, Rangamati, Khagrachori, Noakhali, Feni, Laxmipur, Bhola, Patuakhali, Pirojpur, Barisal, Jhalakathi, Borguna, Gopalganj, Madaripur and Shariatpur.
The Archdiocese is in the southern part of Bangladesh and covers 33% of the total surface of the country, making it physically its largest diocese.
Its suffragan sees are the Roman Catholic Diocese of Barisal (its daughter) and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Khulna. Before 2 February 2017, both were under under the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dhaka
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