The
Roman Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions, and has played a ...
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Pakistan
Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 24 ...
is composed of 2 episcopal territories, 4 suffragan dioceses and an apostolic vicariate.
List of dioceses in Pakistan
Episcopal Conference of Pakistan
Ecclesiastical Province of Karachi
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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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Diocese of Hyderabad in Pakistan
Ecclesiastical Province of Lahore
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Archdiocese of Lahore
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Diocese of Faisalabad
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Diocese of Islamabad-Rawalpindi
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Diocese of Multan
Subject to the Holy See
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Apostolic Vicariate of Quetta
The Apostolic Vicariate of Quetta ( la, Vicariatus Apostolicus Quettensis), originally the Apostolic Prefecture of Quetta, is a Latin Church missionary territory or apostolic vicariate of the Catholic Church in Pakistan. It comprises the civil pr ...
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Catholic Church in Pakistan
The Catholic Church in Pakistan is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the pope in Rome.
In 2018, there were 1,333,450 Catholics in Pakistan, which represents less than 1% of the total population. There are ...
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Christianity in Pakistan
Christianity (Masihiyt) is the third largest religion in Pakistan, making up about 1.27% of the population according to the 2017 Census. Of these, approximately half are Catholic and half Protestant (primarily Anglican and Presbyterian). A smal ...
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List of cathedrals in Pakistan
This is the list of cathedrals in Pakistan sorted by denomination.
Roman Catholic
Cathedrals of the Roman Catholic Church in Pakistan:
* Cathedral of Sts. Peter and Paul in Faisalabad
* St. Francis Xavier Cathedral, Hyderabad in Hyderabad
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List of Catholic dioceses (structured view)
As of October 5, 2021, the Catholic Church in its entirety comprises 3,171 ecclesiastical jurisdictions, including over 652 archdioceses and 2,248 dioceses, as well as apostolic vicariates, apostolic exarchates, apostolic administrations, apo ...
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List of Catholic dioceses (alphabetical)
This is a growing list of territorial Catholic dioceses and ordinariates in communion with the Holy See. There are approximately 3,000 actual (i.e., non-titular) dioceses in the Catholic Church (including the eparchies of the Eastern Catholic Ch ...
External links
Catholic-Hierarchy entry
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Pakistan
Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 24 ...
Roman Catholic dioceses