Roman Catholic Diocese of Multan

Roman Catholic Diocese of Multan
Diocese of Multan
Dioecesis Multanensis
Location
Country Pakistan
Metropolitan Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lahore
Statistics
Area 98,705 km2 (38,110 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2004)
32,167,000
99,375 (0.3%)
Information
Rite Latin Rite
Cathedral Cathedral of the Holy Redeemer
Current leadership
Bishop Andrew Francis
Website
diocesemultan.net

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Multan (Lat: Dioecesis Multanensis) is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in Pakistan.

The diocese is located in the southern Punjab in a central part of Pakistan. The total population of the diocese is about 7.5 million, out of which Christians are about 200,000. The diocese of Multan covers an area of 100,705 km2 and comprises the following civil boundaries. The whole of Multan Division and district of Multan, Vihari and hanewal. In the Bahawalpur Division, the district of Bahawalnagar, Lodhran and Rahim Yar Khan. In the Dera Ghazi Khan Division the districts of Dera Ghazi Khan, Muzaffargarh, Layyah and Rajanpur.

In 1936 some adjacent districts of Multan and the State of Bahawalpur were detached from Lahore to form the prefecture Apostolic of Multan. In 1939 this area was detached from Lahore to become a separate diocese. In 1960 the diocese was divided and Bishop Cialeo moved to Faislabad as the first bishop of the newly erected diocese of Faisalabad. Bishop Louis Scheerer OP was appointed the second bishop of Multan. In 1966 Bishop Louis Scheerer died and Bertrand Boland OP became the Bishop of Multan diocese. In 1984 Bishop Boland retired and handed over to his auxiliary Bishop Patras Yusaf. The diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Lahore.

The Cathedral of the Holy Redeemer is the main church of the Diocese.[1]

The diocese is also home to the Pastoral Institute of Multan which serves the Church at a national level.[2]

On 3 October 1989, Pope John Paul II sent congratulations on the 50th anniversary of the diocese. The diocese had 10 parishes with about 50,000 Catholics at the time.[3] By June 2008, this had grown to 18 parishes.[4]

On September 17, 1998, Pope John Paul II appointed Father Raymond Saeed apostolic administrator for the Diocese.[5]

On January 10, 2000, the Holy father Pope John Paul II proclaimed Fr. Andrew Francis from the Archdiocese of Lahore as the new bishop.[6]

On October 29, 2001 four gunmen entered St. Dominic’s Church, Bahawalpur in the Diocese and opened fire and mercilessly killed 15 worshippers and a police guard.[7]

On 29 April 2010 Pope Benedict XVI elevated the Apostolic Prefecture of Quetta to the rank of apostolic vicariate. He appointed Fr. Victor Gnanapragasam OMI as apostolic vicar of the new ecclesiastical circumscription and the titular bishop of Timida.[8] Fr. Victor was parish priest at Khanewal in the Multan Diocese from 1979-1985.

Contents

Ordinaries

  • Francesco Benedetto Cialeo, O.P. † (15 Jan 1937 Appointed - 13 Apr 1960 Appointed, Bishop of Lyallpur)
  • Aloysius Louis Scheerer, O.P. † (13 Apr 1960 Appointed - 27 Jan 1966 Died)
  • Ernest Bertrand Boland, O.P. (17 May 1966 Appointed - 20 Oct 1984 Resigned)
  • Patras Yusaf † (20 Oct 1984 Appointed - 29 Dec 1998 Died)
  • Andrew Francis (3 Dec 1999 Appointed - ) [9]

Schools

St Albans High School, Multan

La Salle Higher Secondary School

St Mary's Higher Secondary School

Sacred Heart Girls High School

References

See also

  • Catholic Church in Pakistan


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