Bishopric of Multan
| Bishopric of Multan | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Pakistan |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Lahore |
| Diocesan bishop | Benny Mario Travas |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Ernest Bertrand Boland OP |
| founding | 1936 |
| surface | 98,705 km² |
| Parishes | 19 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Residents | 34,279,000 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics | 104,913 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| proportion of | 0.3% |
| Diocesan priest | 17 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious priest | 17 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 3,086 |
| Friars | 46 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious sisters | 8 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| cathedral | Cathedral of the Resurrection |
| address | Bishop's House 63 Aurangzeb Road PO Box 133 Multan 60000 Pakistan |
| Website | www.diocesemultan.net |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Multan ( lat. : Dioecesis Multanensis ) is in Pakistan situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Multan in the province of Punjab .
history
The diocese of Multan was founded by Pope Pius XI. Founded in 1936 as an Apostolic Prefecture from the Metropolitan Diocese of Lahore . The first prefect was the Italian Dominican Francesco Benedetto Cialeo OP. In 1939 the prefecture was under the leadership of Bishop Cialeo by Pope Pius XII. raised to today's diocese of Multan. In 1960 the Lyallpur Diocese, today's Faisalabad Diocese , was founded out of the territory of the Multan Diocese.
The Diocese of Multan is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Lahore .
Ordinaries
- Francesco Benedetto Cialeo OP , 1937–1960, later Bishop of Lyallpur
- Aloysius Louis Scheerer OP, 1960–1966
- Ernest Bertrand Boland OP, 1966–1984
- Patras Yusaf , 1984-1998
- Andrew Francis , 1999-2014
- Benny Mario Travas since May 29, 2015
See also
Web links
- Website of the Diocese of Multan (German or English)
- Entry for the Diocese of Multan on catholic-hierarchy.org