Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Karachi

Archdiocese of Karachi

Archidioecesis Karachiensis

آرچ ڈائیوسیس آف کراچی
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Location
Country Pakistan
TerritoryThe city of Karachi with its five districts: Karachi Central, South, West, East and Malir.
Ecclesiastical provinceKarachi
Statistics
Area180,000 km2 (69,000 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2013)
18,371,000
166,000 (1.0%)
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established1948 (1948)
CathedralSt. Patrick's Cathedral
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
Metropolitan ArchbishopBenny Mario Travas
SuffragansDiocese of Hyderabad
Bishops emeritusEvarist Pinto, Joseph Coutts
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The Archdiocese of Karachi is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Pakistan. It was erected on 20 May 1948 under as a then-suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Bombay.


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