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Suffragan diocese Hyderabad, Pakistan

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.

On the map

Esri
Hyderabad, Pakistan, drawn to the town rather than to the door: the register holds no verified address for its cathedral.

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Established
1958
Catholics
48,895
Priests
35
Territory
137,386 km²

Parishes and churches

17 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Bishop
Samson Shukardin, O.F.M.

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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.

History

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