Archdiocese of Karachi
Karachien(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Karachi, Pakistan
The Archdiocese of Karachi is the Latin rite metropolitan see for the city of Karachi, Pakistan, with the Diocese of Hyderabad as its suffragan. Erected on 20 May 1948 as a diocese under Bombay, it was elevated to a metropolitan archdiocese on 15 July 1950. Its seat is St. Patrick's Cathedral in Karachi.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 15 July 1950
- Latin
- Karachien(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Patrick
- Annuario code
- 001001810
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 166,000
- Population
- 18,371,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 0.9%
- Priests
- 64
- Catholics per priest
- 2,594
- Extent
- 180,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.9
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
- Archbishop
- Benny Mario Travas
- Born
- 21 November 1966
- Birthplace
- Karachi
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. Patrick's Cathedral, Karachi stands in Karachi, 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
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Hyderabad in PakistanHyderabad
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Erected on 20 May 1948, the Archdiocese of Karachi is a Latin Church territory of the Catholic Church in Pakistan. It began as a suffragan diocese within the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Bombay.
How to reach it
- Diocesan offices
- St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Saddar, Karachi 74400, Pakistan
- Telephone
- [021]3278.15.33
This see keeps no website of its own, so the address of its diocesan offices is published here: withholding it would protect nothing and leave a reader with nowhere to go. Where a see publishes its own site, the register sends you there instead.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.