For the Church of North India diocese based in Darjeeling, see Diocese of Eastern Himalaya.
Diocese of Darjeeling
Dioecesis Darieelingensis
दार्जिलिंग के सूबा
Immaculate Conception Cathedral in Darjeeling
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
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.
The cathedral episcopal see is the Marian Immaculate Conception Cathedral, in Darjeeling, West Bengal state, India.
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