Roman Catholic Archdiocese Diocese Of Lahore
The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lahore is a Latin Metropolitan Archdiocese in Punjab (Pakistan), Punjab province, Pakistan. Its episcopal seat is the Sacred Heart Cathedral, Lahore, Sacred Heart Cathedral in Lahore. History In 1594 the Mughal Empire, Mughal emperor Akbar invited some Catholic priests from Goa to stay permanently at his court. This group of Jesuit missionaries arrived in the Punjab and were able to build a church, where they celebrated Christian ceremonies, and receive adults into the Church. It was founded in 1880 as Apostolic Vicariate of Punjab, on territory split off from the Apostolic Vicariate of Agra (now also a Metropolitan Archbishopric). On 1 September 1886 it was promoted and renamed after its see as Diocese of Lahore. It lost vast territories repeatedly: * on 6 July 1887 to establish the Apostolic Prefecture of Kafiristan and Kashmir * on 13 September 1910 to establish the then Metropolitan Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Simla (now ...
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Lahore
Lahore ( ; pnb, ; ur, ) is the second most populous city in Pakistan after Karachi and 26th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 13 million. It is the capital of the province of Punjab where it is the largest city. Lahore is one of Pakistan's major industrial and economic hubs, with an estimated GDP ( PPP) of $84 billion as of 2019. It is the largest city as well as the historic capital and cultural centre of the wider Punjab region,Lahore Cantonment
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