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Diocese of

Bettiah

India India

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese

Ecclesiastical Province: Patna

History

  • 1892.04.20: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Bettiah / Bettiahen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Allahabad)
  • 1917: Suppressed (to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Patna)
  • 1998.06.27: Restored as Diocese of Bettiah / Bettiahen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Muzaffarpur)

Special Churches

Present Prelates

Ordinaries

Bishops of Bettiah (Roman Rite)

Bishop Victor Henry Thakur (56)Bishop Victor Henry Thakur (56)
(1998.06.27 – ...)

Born:1954.07.01 (India)
Ordained Priest:1984.05.03
Consecrated Bishop:1998.11.11

Bishop of Bettiah (India) (1998.06.27 – ...)

Prefects Apostolic of Bettiah (Roman Rite)

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

Died:1918.02

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

as of 2010.08.24

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