Raiganj diocese

Raiganj diocese celebrates bishop’s silver jubilee

On: May 5, 2022

By Francis Sunil Rosario Raiganj, May 5, 2022: More than 5,000 people of the diocese of Raiganj have felicitated Bishop Fulgence A. Tigga on the 25th anniversary of his priestly ordination. More than 300 priests from Raiganj and neighboring dioceses in West Bengal concelebrated the May 3 jubilee Mass. TheContinue Reading

Catholic priests held for robber’s death

By: Matters India

On: March 7, 2017

In: National

Boarding children caught the robber and thrashed himContinue Reading

Jesuit Bishop Alphonsus of Raiganj dies

By: Matters India

On: April 30, 2016

In: Top Story

Raiganj: Bishop Alphonsus Flavian D’Souza SJ of Raiganj diocese died this afternoon, April 30, 2016 at around 12.35 pm due to massive heart attack at the Presbytery of the Cathedral in Raiganj. He was 77 years old. Bishop Alphonsus was born on July 4, 1939, in Kattingere (Moodubelle), Udupi DistrictContinue Reading