The website of the Catholic Bishops' Conferenceof Bangladesh (CBCB)
The present area of Bangladesh came in contact with Christians and Christianity in the 16th century when Portuguese merchant ships made their forays in the Bay of Bengal.
At the invitation of King Pratapadittya, Jesuit missionaries built the first Catholic church in Bangladesh in 1599 and named it 'The Church of the Holy Name of Jesus.' It was built at Iswaripur, also called 'Chandecan' by the Portuguese, in the Sunderbans Forest of the present Satkhira District. Jesuits also erected the second church, named 'St. John the Baptist Church,' in Chittagong in mid-1600. Later other missionaries followed the Jesuits and preached Christianity in different regions of Bangladesh.
To know more about the Catholic Church in Bangladesh, you may visit the following online resources:
At the invitation of King Pratapadittya, Jesuit missionaries built the first Catholic church in Bangladesh in 1599 and named it 'The Church of the Holy Name of Jesus.' It was built at Iswaripur, also called 'Chandecan' by the Portuguese, in the Sunderbans Forest of the present Satkhira District. Jesuits also erected the second church, named 'St. John the Baptist Church,' in Chittagong in mid-1600. Later other missionaries followed the Jesuits and preached Christianity in different regions of Bangladesh.
To know more about the Catholic Church in Bangladesh, you may visit the following online resources:
- The Catholic Bishops' Conference of Bangladesh (CBCB)
- Christianity in Bangladesh (by Jerome D'Costa)
- UCAN Diocesan Profiles Series: ARCHDIOCESE OF DHAKA
- Archdiocese of Dhaka
- Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dhaka
- Metropolitan Archdiocese of Dhaka
- UCAN Diocesan Profiles Series: DIOCESE OF CHITTAGONG
- Diocese of Chittagong
- Diocese of Chittagong
- UCAN Diocesan Profiles Series: DIOCESE OF DINAJPUR
- Diocese of Dinajpur
- Diocese of Dinajpur
- UCAN Diocesan Profiles Series: DIOCESE OF KHULNA
- Diocese of Khulna
- Diocese of Khulna
- UCAN Diocesan Profiles Series: DIOCESE OF MYMENSINGH
- Diocese of Mymensingh
- Diocese of Mymensingh
- UCAN Diocesan Profiles Series: DIOCESE OF RAJSHAHI
- Diocese of Rajshahi
- Diocese of Rajshahi
- Diocese of Rajshahi
- Notre Dame College, Dhaka
- Holy Cross Bangladesh
- St. Gregory's High School, Dhaka
- Hotline (Human Rights) Bangladesh
- Pirgacha Mission (St. Paul Catholic Church, Dt. Tangail)
- National Social Catechetical Training Centre, Jessore
- Catholic Beginnings in North Bengal [Dinajpur and Rajshahi Regions] (by Father Luigi Pinos, PIME)
- Atma o Jibon (Spirit and Life)
- diario de un misionero (diary of a missionary) (A Marist Brother at Pirgacha, Tangail Dt.)
- Father Marino Rigon, S.X. (A Xaverian priest in Shelabunia, Khulna Diocese)
- Father Mario Veronesi, S.X. (A Xaverian priest martyr in Bangladesh)
- Archbishop Theotonius Amal Ganguly, CSC: The Servant of God
- Brother Flavian Laplante, CSC, Declared 'Servant of God'
- Lawrence Subrata Howlader Consecrated Auxiliary Bishop of Chittagong
- Ekushey February and the Catholic Monthly Pratibeshi
- Bishop Francis A. Gomes Witnesses Formation of Bangladesh Government-in-Exile (1971)
- Bangladesh War of Independence (1971): West Pakistani Soldiers Kill Catholic Priests
- Bangladesh War of Independence: Christian Muktijuddhas (Freedom Fighters) - 1
- Bangladesh War of Independence: Christian Muktijuddhas (Freedom Fighters) - 2
- Bangladesh War of Independence: The Enemy Desecrates Churches
- Bangladesh War of Independence: A Tribute to My Father (Dr. Peter D'Costa, B.H.)
- Bangladesh Victory Day (December 16)
- Flirting With the Past: Pope John Paul II Visits Bangladesh on Nov. 19, 1986
- Flirting With the Past: Bombing in a Church in Bangladesh Kills 10 (June 3, 2001)
- We Remember: Mob Attack on Catholic Church and School and Two Protestant Churches in Dhaka (April 28, 1998)
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