Roman Catholic Diocese of Darjeeling


The Diocese of Darjeeling is a Latin Roman Catholic suffragan diocese situated in the north east of India, in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Calcutta, yet depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.
It includes within its territory the independent Himalayan state of Bhutan, where Christianity is practiced by a tiny minority and proselytism is forbidden.
The cathedral episcopal see is the Marian Immaculate Conception Cathedral, in Darjeeling, West Bengal state, India.

Statistics

As per 2014, it pastorally served 37,109 Catholics on 9,521 km² in 54 parishes and 3 missions with 132 priests, 455 lay religious and 40 seminarians.

History

;Ecclesiastical Superior of Sikkim
;Apostolic Prefects of Sikkim
;Suffragan Bishops of Darjeeling