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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dhaka, Bangladesh

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1 Bir Uttam Samsul Alam Sarak
Dhaka 1205
Bangladesh

Dhaka, Bangladesh Print route » N23° 44' 12.84" E90° 24' 18.72"   (23.7369, 90.4052) Start navigation »

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There is also a Diocese of Dhaka (and a Bishop of Dhaka) in the united Church of Bangladesh.

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dhaka (Latin: Archidioecesis Dhakensis) is the Latin, main Metropolitan Metropolitan diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Bangladesh, but no longer the only one. It still depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.
The archdiocese's Marian mother church and thus seat of its archbishop is St. Mary's Cathedral in the national capital Dhaka. As senior Metropolitan in Bangladesh, it is the principal episcopal see of that country. As of 2013 the Archbishop of Dhaka is Cardinal Patrick D'Rozario, formerly Bishop of Chittagong, having been appointed Coadjutor Archbishop by Pope Benedict XVI on November 2010, and succeeded Archbishop Paulinus Costa, C.S.C., in October 2011.

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