Holy Rosary Church, Dhaka

Holy Rosary Church is a Roman Catholic church in the Tejgaon area of Dhaka. It is also known as Tejgaon Church and once popularly called the Japmala Queen Church. Under this Catholic church has 15,650 Catholics. Fr. Albert T. Rozario is parish priest of this church and Fr. Mintu L. Palma, Fr. Ronjit C. Gomes and Fr. Ignatius Parimal Rozario are serving there as assistant parish priest. Each Sunday Catholics gather there for Sunday mass and thousands devotee join there.ConstructionPortuguese Augustinian missionaries introduced Christianity in Dhaka. The second church of Dhaka was built in 1677 at Tejgaon. But this one is the oldest example that can be found.RenovationThe church was renovated three times. In 1714, 1940 and the last renovation was in 2000.The difference between the width of walls and the parts of the roof suggest that the eastern part of the Church was built later.InformationParish Priest : Fr. Albert T. Rozario Assist. Priest : Fr. Ignatius Parimal Rozario Assist. Priest : Fr. Mintu L. Palma Catholics : 15,650