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Apostolic Vicariate of

Quetta

Pakistan Pakistan

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Apostolic Vicariate Apostolic Vicariate

Name: Quetta / Quetten(sis) (Latin)

Immediately subject to the Holy See

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Special Churches

Tehran–Isfahan (←), Afghanistan (↑), Islamabad–Rawalpindi (↗), Multan (→), Hyderabad (↘), Karachi (↓)

Present Prelates

Vicar Apostolic (2021.01.01 – ...):Bishop Khalid Rehmat, O.F.M. Cap. (54)Bishop Khalid Rehmat, O.F.M. Cap. (54)

Ordinaries

Vicars Apostolic of Quetta (Roman Rite)

Bishop Khalid Rehmat, O.F.M. Cap. (54)Bishop Khalid Rehmat, O.F.M. Cap. (54)
(2021.01.01 – ...)

Vicar Apostolic of Quetta (Pakistan)

Service, peace, development

Born:1968.08.05 (Mianwali, Pakistan)
Ordained Priest:2008.08.16
Consecrated Bishop:2021.03.25

Vicar Apostolic of Quetta (Pakistan) (2021.01.01 – ...)

Bishop Victor Gnanapragasam, O.M.I.
(2010.04.29 – 2020.12.12)

Mary, Joseph, and Jesus

Born:1940.11.21 (Jaffna, Sri Lanka)
Ordained Priest:1966.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:2010.06.29
Died:2020.12.12 (Karachi, Pakistan † 80)

Prefect Apostolic of Quetta (Pakistan) (2001.11.09 – 2010.04.29)

Titular Bishop of Thimida (2010.04.29 – 2020.12.12)

Vicar Apostolic of Quetta (Pakistan) (2010.04.29 – 2020.12.12)

Prefects Apostolic of Quetta (Roman Rite)

Fr. Victor Gnanapragasam, O.M.I. (later Bishop)
(2001.11.09 – 2010.04.29)

(see above)

Contact Info

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Statistics

Area: 347,190 km²

Population: 33,593 Catholics (0.3% of 12,340,000 total) (2020)

Statistics: 9 parishes, 44 missions, 16 priests (9 diocesan, 7 religious), 26 lay religious (7 brothers, 19 sisters), 1 seminarian (2020)

History

Last updated on 2023.02.25

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