Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Calcutta
{{Short description|Roman Catholic archdiocese in West Bengal, India}}
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{{More citations needed|date=February 2013}}
{{Infobox diocese
| jurisdiction = Archdiocese
| name = Calcutta
| latin = Archidioecesis Calcuttensis
কলকাতার বিশপের এলাকা
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| image = Calcutta, Cathedral of the Most Holy Rosary-2.jpg
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| caption = Cathedral of the Most Holy Rosary
| country = {{flag|India}}
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| province = Calcutta
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| area_sqmi = 11,532
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| population = 49,010,000
| population_as_of = 2023
| catholics = 177,354
| catholics_percent = 0.4
| parishes = 55
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| denomination = Catholic
| sui_iuris_church = Latin Church
| rite = Roman Rite
| established = 18 April 1834
| cathedral = Cathedral of the Most Holy Rosary
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| patron = St Francis Xavier,{{cite web |url=http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=32646 |title=Mother Teresa named co-patron of Calcutta archdiocese | News Headlines |publisher=Catholic Culture |date= |accessdate=2020-02-26 |archive-date=5 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170905211133/http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=32646 |url-status=live }} St Teresa of Calcutta{{cite news|url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/vatican-declares-mother-teresa-patron-saint-calcutta-49651357|title=Vatican declares Mother Teresa a patron saint of Calcutta|author=Manik Banerjee|date=6 September 2017|publisher=Associated Press, ABC News.com|accessdate=6 September 2017|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170906160015/https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/vatican-declares-mother-teresa-patron-saint-calcutta-49651357|archivedate=6 September 2017}}
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| bishop = Thomas D'Souza{{Cite news|url=https://www.news18.com/videos/page-416/|title=Archbishop Thomas D'Souza condemns rape of nun|access-date=13 May 2023|archive-date=14 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200114182051/https://www.news18.com/videos/page-416/|url-status=live}}{{Citation|last=asianetnews|title=Mother Teresa's canonization : Kolkata archbishop Thomas d'souza Sharing Memories|date=2016-09-01|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4f5kKXv2MAY |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/4f5kKXv2MAY |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|accessdate=2017-08-20}}{{cbignore}}
| bishop_title = Archbishop
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| website = [http://www.archdioceseofcalcutta.in/ Website of the Archdiocese]
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The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Calcutta ({{langx|la|Archidioecesis Calcuttensis}}) is an ecclesiastical Latin Church territory of the Catholic Church in India.
History
The archdiocese was originally erected as the Apostolic Vicariate of Bengal in 1834 by Pope Gregory XVI, and renamed as the Apostolic Vicariate of Western Bengal in 1850 by Gregory's successor, Pope Pius IX.
On 1 September 1886, when the Catholic hierarchy was created in British India by Pope Leo XIII, the vicariate was elevated to the rank of metropolitan archdiocese and renamed as the "Archdiocese of Calcutta".
Over the course of times the archdiocese was frequently divided and new metropolitan provinces were created: Ranchi, Guwahati and Patna. {{As of|2020|}}, the metropolitan province of Calcutta covers the state of West Bengal. The suffragan sees are: Asansol, Bagdogra, Baruipur, Darjeeling, Jalpaiguri, Krishnagar and Raiganj.
The archdiocese's cathedral, the seat of its archbishop, is the Cathedral of the Most Holy Rosary, commonly called the "Portuguese Church". Calcutta also houses the oldest Catholic church in the area, the Basilica of the Holy Rosary, in Bandel - a former Portuguese settlement - some 40 kilometers (25 miles) north of the city of Kolkata.
The current archbishop of Calcutta is Thomas D'Souza, having been appointed by Pope Benedict XVI on 23 February 2012.(en) "Thomas D’Souza becomes Archbishop of Calcutta", [http://en.radiovaticana.va/in2/articolo.asp?c=565740 Vatican Radio], 23 February 2012
Territory
The archdiocese of Calcutta currently covers the Districts of Bankura, Howrah, Hooghly, Kolkata, Paschim Medinipur, Purba Medinipur and North 24 Parganas in the state of West Bengal.
List of Ordinaries of Calcutta
=Apostolic vicars of Bengal=
- 1834 - 1838 : Robert Saint–Leger
- 1838 - 1840 : Jean-Louis Taberd
- 1840 - 1850 : Patrick Joseph Carew
=Apostolic vicars of West Bengal<ref name=catholic-hierarchy>(en) [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dcalc.html "Past and Present Ordinaries"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328191417/http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dcalc.html |date=28 March 2019 }}, Archdiocese of Calcutta, ''Catholic Hierarchy''. Retrieved 2 February 2012</ref>=
- 1850 - 1855 : Patrick Joseph Carew
- 1855 - 1859 : Marc-Thomas Olliffe
- 1858 - 1864 : Sede vacante (Auguste Goiran, Administrator)
- 1864 - 1865 : Augustus van Heule
- 1865 - 1867 : Sede vacante (Honoré van der Stuyft, Administrator)
- 1867 - 1877 : Walter Herman Jacobus Steins
- 1877 - 1886 : Paul François Marie Goethals
=Archbishops of Calcutta<ref name=catholic-hierarchy/>=
- 1886 - 1901 : Paul François Marie Goethals
- 1902 - 1924 : Brice Meuleman
- 1924 - 1960 : Ferdinand Perier
- 1960 - 1962 : Vivian Anthony Dyer
- 1962 - 1969 : Albert Vincent D'Souza
- 1969 - 1986 : Lawrence Trevor Cardinal Picachy
- 1986 - 2002 : Henry Sebastian D'Souza
- 2002 - 2012 : Lucas Sirkar
- 2012 - Pres : Thomas D'Souza
Saints and causes for canonisation
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.archdioceseofcalcutta.in/deaneries-kol.html Archdiocese of Calcutta]
- [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dcalc.html Catholic-Hierarchy]
- [http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/calc0.htm GCatholic.org]
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