Archdiocese of Lahore
Archdiocese of Lahore | |
Basic data | |
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Country | Pakistan |
Diocesan bishop | Sebastian Francis Shah OFM |
Emeritus diocesan bishop | Lawrence John Saldanha |
founding | 1886 |
surface | 23,069 km² |
Parishes | 24 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2008 ) |
Residents | 26,510,000 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2008 ) |
Catholics | 385,000 (December 31, 2007 / AP2008 ) |
proportion of | 1.5% |
Diocesan priest | 27 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2008 ) |
Religious priest | 55 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2008 ) |
Catholics per priest | 4,695 |
Friars | 68 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2008 ) |
Religious sisters | 223 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2008 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
cathedral | Sacred Heart Cathedral |
Website | http://www.archdioceselahore.org/ |
Suffragan dioceses |
Diocese of Faisalabad Diocese of Islamabad-Rawalpindi Diocese of Multan |
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lahore ( lat. : Archidioecesis Lahorensis ) is in Pakistan situated Roman Catholic Archdiocese based in Lahore .
history
The diocese of Lahore was on September 1, 1886 by Pope Leo XIII. Established from the cession of territory by the Apostolic Vicariate of Punjab . It was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Karachi as a suffragan . The diocese of Lahore gave up several times in its history parts of its territory to establish new Apostolic Prefectures . On April 23, 1994, the diocese of Lahore was raised to an archdiocese.
Ordinaries
Bishops of Lahore
- Paul Tosi OFMCap , 1886-1888
- Symphorien Charles-Jacques Mouard OFMCap, 1888–1890
- Emmanuel Alfonso van den Bosch OFMCap, 1890–1892, then Archbishop of Agra
- Goffredo Pelckmans OFMCap, 1893–…
- Fabiano Antonio Eesterman's OFMCap, 1905-1925
- Hector Catry OFMCap, 1928-1946
- Marcel Roger Buyse OFMCap, 1947-1967
- Felicissimus Alphonse Raeymaecker's OFMCap, 1967-1975
- Armando Trindade , 1975-1994
Archbishops of Lahore
- Armando Trindade, 1994-2000
- Lawrence John Saldanha , 2001-2011
- Sebastian Francis Shah OFM , since 2013