Diocese of Asansol |
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Rite: |
Latin | Population: |
13000000 | |||||||||||||||||
Status: |
Diocese | Catholics: |
30169 | |||||||||||||||||
Founded: |
24-Oct-97 | Diocesan Priests: |
45 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total area: | 13000sq.Km |
Religious Priests: |
22 | |||||||||||||||||
Province: |
Calcutta |
Religious Sisters: |
197 | |||||||||||||||||
Region: |
Bengal |
Seminarians: |
13 | |||||||||||||||||
| Patron: | St. Francis Xavier |
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| Languages: | Bengali Sentali Hindi English | |||||||||||||||||||
| Civil States: | Burdwan | |||||||||||||||||||
Contact Diocese Office : |
Sacred Heart Presbytery G.T. Road (West) Asansol - 713 301 WEST BENGAL | |||||||||||||||||||
Telephone 1:
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0341-22 82 836 / | Fax: |
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E-Mail Office: |
asndio@hotmail.com | Website: |
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Most Rev. Elias Frank, Bishops of Asansol |
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Name: |
Most Rev. Elias Frank | |||||||||||||||||||
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Designation: |
Bishops | Canonical Possession: | 2023- | |||||||||||||||||
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Educational Institutions |
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Parishes: |
59 |
Hospitals: |
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Major Seminaries: |
Orphanages: |
Technical Training Centres: |
1 |
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Minor Seminaries: |
5 |
Special Schools: |
High Schools: |
9 |
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Monastries: |
Crèches: |
1 |
Lower Primary Schools: |
1 |
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Convents: |
42 |
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Presses & Media Centres: |
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Formation Houses: |
5 |
Social Centres: |
1 |
Professional Colleges: |
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Dispensaries / Clinics: |
4 |
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Physically Challenged: |
Higher Secondary : |
9 |
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Boarding Houses: |
27 |
Upper Primary Schools: |
3 |
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HIV / AIDS Centres: |
1 |
Nurseries/Pre-Primary : |
1 |
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De-addiction Centres: |
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History of the Diocese of Asansol |
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| The evangelisation work in this area began in the year 1870 by the Jesuit fathers of Calcutta formerly known as the 'Bengal Jesuit Mission'. On May1 1994 Burdwan-Bhirbum districts were formed into a vicariate by Archbishop Henry D'Souza of Calcutta and the Auxiliary Bishop Cyprian Monis of Calcutta was appointed as the Episcopal Vicar. By the apostolic bull dated October 24 1977 His Holiness Pope John Paul II adding Bankura district to the mentioned vicariate created the Diocese of Asansol. The Diocese of Asansol thus consists of Burdwan district nine blocks of Bankura district and 10 blocks of Birbhum district. Asansol is a sub-divisional headquarters within Burdwan district. It is an industrial town 225 km north west of Calcutta. The diocese lies completely within the state of West-Bengal. As a matter of fact the entire area of this diocese and more from 1875 A.D. to 1964 A.D. formed a single parish Sacred Heart Church Asansol Bishop Cyprian Monis was appointed as the first Bishop of the diocese of Asansol on December 31997. |
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