Diocese of Hyderabad in Pakistan
Hyderabaden(sis) in Pakistan
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Hyderabad, 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.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 28 April 1958
- Latin
- Hyderabaden(sis) in Pakistan
- Annuario code
- 001001634
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 48,895
- Population
- 22,452,472
- Catholic share
- 0.2%
- Extent
- 137,386 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.4
of the people living within its bounds
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
- Bishop
- Samson Shukardin, O.F.M.
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. 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.
The province of Karachi
A suffragan of Karachi.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of KarachiKarachi
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Pakistan's Latin Church includes the Roman Catholic Diocese of Hyderabad (Lat: Dioecesis Hyderabadensis in Pakistan), a diocese of the Roman Catholic Church.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].