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Archdiocese of Lahore

Lahoren(sis)

Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Lahore, Pakistan

The Archdiocese of Lahore is the Latin rite metropolitan see of Punjab, Pakistan, with the Dioceses of Faisalabad, Islamabad-Rawalpindi and Multan as suffragans. Erected in 1880 as the Vicariate Apostolic of the Punjab, it became the Diocese of Lahore in 1886 and was elevated to a metropolitan archdiocese on 23 April 1994. Its seat is Sacred Heart Cathedral in Lahore.

The see

Rank
Metropolitan see
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
23 April 1994
Latin
Lahoren(sis)
Patron
Sacré-Cœur
Annuario code
001001939

The see in figures

Catholics
570,000
Population
25,000,000
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
2.3%
Priests
88
Catholics per priest
6,477
Extent
23,069 km²
Catholics per km²
25

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
Khalid Rehmat, O.F.M. Cap.

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

Sacred Heart Cathedral, Lahore stands in Lahore, 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 Lahore

This see is the metropolitan of its province.

The sees of this province:

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

History

In Punjab province, Pakistan, the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lahore stands as a Latin Metropolitan Archdiocese, its episcopal seat at the Sacred Heart Cathedral in Lahore.

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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.