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Diocese of Hyderabad in Pakistan

Hyderabaden(sis) in Pakistan

The Diocese of Hyderabad in Pakistan is a Latin rite diocese covering much of Sindh province, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Karachi. It was erected in 1958 from territory of the Archdiocese of Karachi and spans about 137,386 square kilometers. Its seat is St. Francis Xavier Cathedral in Hyderabad.

The see

Rank
Suffragan diocese
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
28 April 1958
Latin
Hyderabaden(sis) in Pakistan
Annuario code
001001634

The see in figures

Catholics
48,895
Population
22,452,472
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
0.2%
Priests
35
Catholics per priest
1,397
Extent
137,386 km²
Catholics per km²
0.4

Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.

The bishop

Bishop
Samson Shukardin, O.F.M.

A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.

The cathedral

St. Francis Xavier Cathedral, Hyderabad stands in Hyderabad, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.

The province of Karachi

A suffragan of Karachi.

The sees of this province:

On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.

History

Pakistan's Latin Church includes the Roman Catholic Diocese of Hyderabad (Lat: Dioecesis Hyderabadensis in Pakistan), a diocese of the Roman Catholic Church.

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Sources

The see's own website · Wikipedia

Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.