Diocese of

Bettiah

India India

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Bettiah / Bettiahen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Patna

Neighbouring Dioceses: Varanasi (↙), Gorakhpur (←), Nepal (↗), Muzaffarpur (↘), Patna (↘), Buxar (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Our Lady of the Rosary

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1892年04月20日: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Bettiah / Bettiahen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Allahabad)
1893年05月19日: Gained territory from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Agra
1919年09月10日: Suppressed (to establish Diocese of Patna)
1998年06月27日: Restored as Diocese of Bettiah / Bettiahen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Muzaffarpur and became suffragan of Ranchi)
1999年03月16日: Became suffragan of Patna

Present Prelates

Bishop (2017年07月22日 – ...): Bishop Peter Sebastian Goveas (71) Bishop Peter Sebastian Goveas (71)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Bettiah (Roman Rite)

Bishop Peter Sebastian Goveas (71) Bishop Peter Sebastian Goveas (71)
(2017年07月22日 – ...)

Bishop of Bettiah (India)

Born: 1955年02月08日 (Hosabettu, India)

Ordained Priest: 1983年12月09日

Consecrated Bishop: 2017年10月19日

Priest of Bhagalpur (India) (1983年12月09日 – 2017年07月22日)

Bishop of Bettiah (India) (2017年07月22日 – ...)

Archbishop Victor Henry Thakur (71) Bishop Victor Henry Thakur (71) (later Archbishop)
(1998年06月27日 – 2013年07月03日)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Raipur (India)

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Born: 1954年07月01日 (Chakhni, India)

Ordained Priest: 1984年05月03日

Consecrated Bishop: 1998年11月11日

Priest of Muzaffarpur (India) (1984年05月03日 – 1998年06月27日)

Bishop of Bettiah (India) (1998年06月27日 – 2013年07月03日)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Raipur (India) (2013年07月03日 – ...)

Prefects Apostolic of Bettiah (Roman Rite)

Fr. Eugen Remigius Schwarz, O.F.M. Cap.
(1892 – 1918.02)

Born: 1873年03月11日 (Germany)

Ordained Priest: 1895

Died: 1918.02 († 44)

Prefect Apostolic of Bettiah (India) (1892 – 1918.02)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Bettiah, Bihār

Varanasi (↙), Gorakhpur (←), Nepal (↗), Muzaffarpur (↘), Patna (↘), Buxar (↓)

Statistics (2022年12月31日)

Area: 10,699 km2

Population: 6,207 Catholics (0.0% of 18,896,770 total)

Pastoral Centres: 17 parishes, 12 missions

Personnel: 57 priests (33 diocesan, 24 religious), 169 religious (29 brothers, 140 sisters), 4 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2026年05月31日

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