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Metropolitan see Lahore, Pakistan

Archdiocese of Lahore

Lahoren(sis)

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.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Sacred Heart Cathedral, Lahore, in Lahore, Pakistan.

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Established
1880
Catholics
570,000
Priests
88
Territory
23,069 km²

Parishes and churches

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

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The bishop

Archbishop
Khalid Rehmat, O.F.M. Cap.

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The cathedral

Sacred Heart Cathedral, Lahore stands in Lahore, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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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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