Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Karachi
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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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Archdiocese of Karachi Archidioecesis Karachiensis آرچ ڈائیوسیس آف کراچی | |
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Location | |
Country | Pakistan |
Territory | The city of Karachi with its five districts: Karachi Central, South, West, East and Malir. |
Ecclesiastical province | Karachi |
Statistics | |
Area | 180,000 km2 (69,000 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2013) 18,371,000 166,000 (1.0%) |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 1948; 76 years ago (1948) |
Cathedral | St. Patrick's Cathedral |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Benny Mario Travas |
Suffragans | Diocese of Hyderabad |
Bishops emeritus | Evarist Pinto, Joseph Coutts |
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