Archdiocese of Lahore
Lahoren(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Lahore, Pakistan
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.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 23 April 1994
- Latin
- Lahoren(sis)
- Patron
- Sacré-Cœur
- Annuario code
- 001001939
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 570,000
- Population
- 25,000,000
- Catholic share
- 2.3%
- Priests
- 88
- Catholics per priest
- 6,477
- Extent
- 23,069 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 25
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
- Archbishop
- Khalid Rehmat, O.F.M. Cap.
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
Sacred Heart Cathedral, Lahore stands in Lahore, 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 Lahore
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of FaisalabadFaisalabad
- Diocese of Islamabad-RawalpindiIslamabad-Rawalpindi
- Diocese of MultanMultan
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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.
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].