Hyderabad diocese in Pakistan
| Hyderabad diocese in Pakistan | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Pakistan |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Karachi |
| Diocesan bishop | Samson Shukardin OFM |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Max John Rodrigues |
| founding | 1958 |
| surface | 137,386 km² |
| Parishes | 15 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 22,723,994 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 50,283 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 0.2% |
| Diocesan priest | 10 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 14 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 2,095 |
| Friars | 25 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 54 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| cathedral | St. Joseph's Cathedral |
| address | Bishop's House GPO Box 60 A-37, GOR Colony Hyderabad 71000 Pakistan |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Hyderabad in Pakistan ( lat. : Dioecesis Hyderabadensis in Pakistan ) is in Pakistan situated Roman Catholic diocese , based in Hyderabad in the province of Sindh .
history
The diocese of Hyderabad in Pakistan was founded in 1958 by Pope Pius XII. founded with the bull Eius in Terris from the Archdiocese of Karachi . The first bishop was the Dutch Franciscan James Cornelius van Miltenburg OFM. In 2001, with the Bull Ad Perpetuam rei memoriam, areas were ceded to establish the Apostolic Prefecture of Quetta.
The diocese area includes in the district of Hyderabad the districts of Hyderabad, Badin , Sanghar , Mirpurkhas , Tharparkar and Thatta ; in the district of the city of Larkana , the diocese includes the districts of Jacobabad and Shikarpur; and in the district of the city of Sukkur , the diocese includes the districts of Sukkur, Khairpur and Nawabshah .
The diocese established St Bonaventure's High School and St Mary's Convent High School .
Ordinaries
- James Cornelius van Miltenburg OFM , 1958–1966
- Bonaventure Patrick Paul OFM, 1971–1990
- Joseph Coutts , 1990–1998, later Bishop of Faisalabad
- Max John Rodrigues , 1999-2014
- Samson Shukardin OFM , since 2014