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Diocese of Faisalabad

Dioecesis Faisalabadensis



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Bishop(s)

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Name Changed: 1 September 1977
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Lahore
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Pakistan
  • Square Kilometers: 35,300 (13,634 Square Miles)
  • Mailing Address: Bishop's House, Railway Rd., P.O. Box 87, Faisalabad 38000, Pakistan
  • Telephone: (041)262.48.78; 240.85.38

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Diocese of Lyallpur
13 April 1960ErectedDiocese of Multan (Lyalipur, Montgomery, and Jhang) Diocese of Lyallpur (erected)
Diocese of Faisalabad
1 September 1977Name ChangedDiocese of Lyallpur Diocese of Faisalabad
26 March 1994Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Faisalabad (from Karachi)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Diocese of Lyallpur
197064,9785,896,6571.1%717242,7072586ap1971
Diocese of Faisalabad
198070,33310,520,000.7%1015252,8133177ap1981
1990105,94813,025,000.8%1616323,3104210431ap1991
1999129,10729,172,189.4%3015452,869348921ap2000
2000130,51729,586,291.4%3013433,03512910719ap2001
2001134,66829,772,889.5%2812403,36612711319ap2002
2002130,99430,545,787.4%3213452,91012311719ap2003
2003132,00031,000,000.4%3310433,06912111820ap2004
2004134,20031,450,000.4%2510353,83412310120ap2005
2006140,10232,861,670.4%318393,59211610720ap2007
2013155,00036,956,000.4%426483,22911211822ap2014
2016182,66242,359,652.4%356414,45511511723ap2017
2019200,20044,874,000.4%4611573,5121238124ap2020
2021193,62041,133,220.5%4014543,5851228525ap2022

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Diocese of Lyallpur
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 52, Page 881, to Page 883
  • Diocese of Faisalabad
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 69, Page 729
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 86, Page 633, and Page 634

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