Holy Mary of Dhaka and the shrine of Fatima of Baromari
The Cathedral of Santa Maria, dedicated to the Immaculate Conception, was established in 1956 as the seat of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Daca, whose roots go back to the Apostolic Vicariate of 1850. The great focus of devotion to Fatima in the country is in Baromari, in the diocese of Mymensingh.
🌹 Wonders and anecdotes
- It is the mother church of the Catholics of Bangladesh: the seat of the Metropolitan Archbishop of Daca.
- Daca has received three potatoes: Paul VI in 1970 after the cyclone, John Paul II in 1986 - who ordered 19 priests - and Francis in 2017, who traveled the city in rickshaw.
- The shrine of Mary Queen of Fatima of Baromari, opened in 1997, responds to the call of John Paul II to the Jubilee of 2000.
- The annual pilgrimage of Baromari brings together tens of thousands of faithful - also Muslims and Hindus - each October with rosary, through the crosses and procession of candles on the Garo Mountains.
Immaculate Conception (Daca)
In a country of an overwhelming Muslim majority, the small Church of Bangladesh lives with fervor its love for the Mother of God: the Immaculate Lady presides over the cathedral of the capital and Mary Queen of Fatima congregates crowds in the hills of Baromari.
"The Immaculate Mother of God," he keeps the Church who pilgrims in Bangladesh.
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