Diocese of Faisalabad
| Diocese of Faisalabad | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Pakistan |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Lahore |
| Diocesan bishop | Indrias Rehmat |
| founding | 1960 |
| surface | 35,300 km² |
| Parishes | 23 (December 31, 2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Residents | 42,359,652 (December 31, 2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Catholics | 182,662 ( 12/31/2016 / AP2017 ) |
| proportion of | 0.4% |
| Diocesan priest | 35 (31.12.2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 6 (December 31, 2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 4,455 |
| Permanent deacons | 1 (31.12.2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Friars | 15 (31.12.2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 117 ( 12/31/2016 / AP2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| cathedral | Cathedral of Sts. Peter and Paul |
| Website | http://www.diocesefaisalabad.org/ |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Faisalabad ( lat. : Dioecesis Faisalabadensis ) is in Pakistan situated Roman Catholic diocese , based in Faisalabad .
history
The diocese of Faisalabad was founded by Pope John XXIII. Founded on April 13, 1960 as the Lyallpur diocese from areas of the Multan diocese and initially subordinated to the Metropolitan Diocese of Karachi . The first bishop was Francesco Benedetto Cialeo OP . In 1977 the name was changed to the current diocese of Faisalabad, as a result of the city being renamed in honor of the murdered King Faisal of Saudi Arabia .
The diocese of Faisalabad is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Lahore .
Ordinaries
- Francesco Benedetto Cialeo OP , 1960-1976
- Paolo Vieri Andreotti OP, 1976-1984
- John Joseph , 1984-1998
- Joseph Coutts , 1998–2012, then Archbishop of Karachi
- Joseph Arshad , 2013–2017, then Bishop of Islamabad-Rawalpindi
- Indrias Rehmat , since 2019