The Holy Rosary Church, Quetta, Pakistan is the main church of the

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. From 1937-1939 the parish had as Assistant Parish Priest Fr.

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, who translated the Bible into Urdu. The parish is also home to some innovative programs like computer classes for the youth. The St. Eugene Computer Center, in the compound of the Holy Rosary Church is run by Oblate Father Maqsood Nazeer. The center offers three-month courses on how to use various programs such as the popular Microsoft Office and Inpage, an Urdu publishing software, for a monthly fee of 300 rupees. It has three computers. The main purpose is to uplift and help Catholic youth. The parish is also home to the St. Joseph Convent School. In March 2008 the youth of the parish performed a drama at the school to celebrate International Women's Day. Father Anjum Nazir was parish priest of Holy Rosary Church in 2008. On 29 April 2010

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elevated the apostolic prefecture of Quetta to the rank of apostolic vicariate. He appointed Fr.

Victor Gnanapragasam Father Victor Gnanapragasam O.M.I. (21 November 1940 – 12 December 2020) was the first prefect of the Catholic Apostolic Prefecture of Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan. Early life and education He was born in Jaffna, Sri Lanka to Sri Lankan Tamil ...

OMI as apostolic vicar of the new ecclesiastical circumscription and the titular bishop of Timida. The new bishop was ordained in this Church in June 2010. On December 15, 2020, the Cathedral witnessed the funeral of Bishop Gnanapragasam, who died on December 12, 2020, from a heart attack. The funeral service was led by Cardinal

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accompanied by all the bishops of Pakistan. He was buried in the garden of the Cathedral.''AsiaNews'' December 16, 2020
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named Father

Khalid Rehmat Father Khalid Rehmat OFMCap (born 5 August 1968) in Mianwali in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Islamabad-Rawalpindi, is the Apostolic Vicar of the Apostolic Vicariate of Quetta in Pakistan. Rehmat worked as a primary school teacher before joinin ...

OFM (Cap.) as the new vicar apostolic of Quetta.UCANews January 2, 2021
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Quetta Roman Catholic churches in Pakistan {{RC-church-stub