Father George Ibrahim, a Roman Catholic priest from

Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 243 million people, and has the world's second-lar ...

, was killed there on 5 July 2003. He was born in

Khushpur Khushpur ( ur, خوش پور) is a village in Samundri Tehsil of Faisalabad District in the province of Punjab in Pakistan. It is at 31°7'0N 72°53'0E with an altitude of 167 metres (551 feet). Neighboring settlements include Nara Dada and R ...

Punjab Punjab (; Punjabi: پنجاب ; ਪੰਜਾਬ ; ; also romanised as ''Panjāb'' or ''Panj-Āb'') is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising a ...

on 10 July 1964. He received his religious training at the

Christ the King seminary The Christ the King Seminary is a Roman Catholic seminary in Gulshan-e-Iqbal Town, Karachi, Pakistan; located in adjacent to the Portiuncula Friary. In its early years most of the faculty were provided by the Franciscans. It has been described ...

and was ordained a priest on 3 September 1993. Father Ibrahim was shot dead by armed men who broke into his parish of Our Lady of Fatima in Renala Khurd, Okara district, in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Faisalabad. His funeral was held on 18 July 2003, and was attended by more than 3,000 people. The service was performed by Bishop

Joseph Coutts Joseph Coutts (born 21 July 1945) is a Pakistani prelate of the Catholic Church, who served as Archbishop of Karachi from 2012 to 2021. He served as Bishop of Faisalabad from 1998 to 2012. Pope Francis created Coutts a cardinal on 28 Jun ...

of Faisalabad. On September 3, 2003, a delegation of Christians has asked the acting governor of Punjab, Chaudhry Afzal Sahi, to replace the police officer investigating the murder of Father George Ibrahim.

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