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Apostolic vicariate Quetta, Pakistan

Apostolic Vicariate of Quetta

Quetten(sis)

The Apostolic Vicariate of Quetta is a Latin rite missionary jurisdiction covering Balochistan province and the Kachhi region of Punjab, Pakistan, immediately subject to the Holy See. Erected as an apostolic prefecture on 9 November 2001, it was elevated to an apostolic vicariate on 29 April 2010. Its seat is the Pro-Cathedral of the Holy Rosary in Quetta.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Pro-Cathedral of the Holy Rosary, Quetta, in Quetta, Pakistan.

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Established
2001
Catholics
30,518
Priests
14
Territory
347,188 km²

Parishes and churches

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

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The bishop

Vicar Apostolic
Sebastian Francis Shaw, O.F.M.

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The cathedral

Pro-Cathedral of the Holy Rosary, Quetta stands in Quetta, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

Originally the Apostolic Prefecture of Quetta, the Apostolic Vicariate of Quetta (Latin: Vicariatus Apostolicus Quettensis) is a Latin Church missionary territory of the Catholic Church in Pakistan. Its bounds take in the civil province of Balochistan together with the Kachhi region of Punjab, Pakistan.