Roman Catholic Diocese of Barisal
Diocese of Barisal Dioecesis Barisal বরিশাল ধর্মপ্রদেশ | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Bangladesh |
| Ecclesiastical province | Chittagong |
| Metropolitan | Chittagong |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 20,708 km2 (7,995 sq mi) |
Population
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| Parishes | 5 |
| Information | |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 2015 |
| Cathedral | St. Peter's Cathedral, Barisal |
| Secular priests | 19 |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Leo XIV |
| Bishop | Emmanuel Kanon Rozario |
- There is also a Diocese of Barisal (and a Bishop of Barisal) in the united Church of Bangladesh.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Barisal is a Latin suffragan bishopric in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chittagong. However it remains dependent on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.
Its cathedral episcopal see is St. Peter's Cathedral, in Barisal.