Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Karachi
The Archdiocese of Karachi is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in India. It was erected on 20 May 1948 under as a then-suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese ...
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Pakistan
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Early life and education
Born in Karachi in 1937, he studied at the St Patrick's High School. He obtained a bachelor's degree in 1969, a master's in English in 1972 and a bachelor's in education in 1976.
He received his religious training at the Christ the King Seminary (Pakistan) and was ordained a priest at
Saint Patrick's Cathedral, Karachi
St. Patrick's Cathedral is the seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Karachi, and is located near the Empress Market in the Saddar locality in central Karachi. The church was completed in 1881, and can accommodate 1,500 worshipers. At th ...
He first served as the assistant rector at the St. Pius X Minor Seminary. In 1969, Father Paul became the assistant parish priest at St Patrick's Cathedral. He has served as the principal of
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St Paul's Urdu High School
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From 1994 to 2001 he served as assistant parish priest at St. Jude's Parish, Karachi and was the principal of St Jude's High School for 11 years.
In 2005, Fr. Paul was appointed the principal of St. Patrick's College (Karachi) and served there till 2009.
In 2005, the
Bharatiya Janata Party
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visited his alma mater St. Patrick's High School, Karachi. The principal at the time was Father Joseph Paul.
In 2001, Fr. Paul, a strong advocate for peace, also established the Karwan-e-Amn (caravan for peace) foundation to advance the cause of peace in the country.
In 2009, unidentified armed men shot at and injured Father Paul when he resisted the theft of his car in
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