Diocese of Hyderabad, Pakistan

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Hyderabad / Hyderabad in Pakistan / Hyderabaden(sis) in Pakistan (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Karachi

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (Universal) 📅

History

1958.04.28: Established as Diocese of Hyderabad / Hyderabad in Pakistan / Hyderabaden(sis) in Pakistan (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Karachi and became suffragan of Karachi)
2001.11.09: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Quetta

Present Prelates

Bishop (2014.12.16 – ...):

Bishop Samson Shukardin, O.F.M. (63)

President of Pakistan Catholic Bishops’ Conference

Ordinaries

Bishops of Hyderabad (Roman Rite)

Bishop Samson Shukardin, O.F.M. (63)
(2014.12.16 – ...)

Bishop of Hyderabad (Pakistan)
President of Pakistan Catholic Bishops’ Conference

Ambassadors of Christ

Born:	1961.01.29 (Hyderabad, Pakistan)
Ordained Priest:	1993.12.10
Consecrated Bishop:	2015.01.31

Bishop of Hyderabad (Pakistan) (2014.12.16 – ...)

General Secretary of Pakistan Catholic Bishops’ Conference (2015? – 2020)

Vice-President of Pakistan Catholic Bishops’ Conference (2020 – 2023.11.10)

President of Pakistan Catholic Bishops’ Conference (2023.11.10 – ...)

Bishop Max John Rodrigues (86)
(1999.12.03 – 2014.12.16)

Bishop emeritus of Hyderabad (Pakistan)

Mission, unity, community—that they all may be one

Born:	1938.05.29 (Karachi, Pakistan)
Ordained Priest:	1966.01.06
Consecrated Bishop:	2000.03.25

Priest of Karachi (Pakistan) (1966.01.06 – 1999.12.03)

Bishop of Hyderabad (Pakistan) (1999.12.03 – 2014.12.16)

Bishop Joseph Coutts (79) (later Cardinal)
(1990.09.01 – 1998.06.27)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Bonaventura da Bagnoregio
Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Karachi (Pakistan)

Harmony

Born:	1945.07.21 (Amritsar, Pakistan)
Ordained Priest:	1971.01.09
Consecrated Bishop:	1988.09.16
Created Cardinal:	2018.06.28

Priest of Lahore (Pakistan) (1971.01.09 – 1988.05.05)

Coadjutor Bishop of Hyderabad (Pakistan) (1988.05.05 – 1990.09.01)

Bishop of Hyderabad (Pakistan) (1990.09.01 – 1998.06.27)

Bishop of Faisalabad (Pakistan) (1998.06.27 – 2012.01.25)

President of Pakistan Catholic Bishops’ Conference (2011.03 – 2017.11.10)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Karachi (Pakistan) (2012.01.25 – 2021.02.11)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Bonaventura da Bagnoregio (2018.06.28 [2018.09.29] – ...)

Bishop Bonaventure Patrick Paul, O.F.M.
(1971.03.11 – 1990.09.01)

Born:	1929.03.26 (Pakistan)
Ordained Priest:	1954.01.03
Consecrated Bishop:	1971.06.14
Died:	2007.01.18 († 77)

Apostolic Administrator of Hyderabad (Pakistan) (1967 – 1971.03.11)

Bishop of Hyderabad (Pakistan) (1971.03.11 – 1990.09.01)

Fr. Bonaventure Patrick Paul, O.F.M. (later Bishop)
(Apostolic Administrator 1967 – 1971.03.11)

Archbishop James Cornelius van Miltenburg, O.F.M.
(1958.04.28 – 1966.03.10)

Born:	1909.09.14 (Netherlands)
Ordained Priest:	1935.03.31
Consecrated Bishop:	1948.10.03
Died:	1966.03.10 († 56)

Bishop of Karachi (Pakistan) (1948.05.20 – 1950.07.15)

Apostolic Delegate to West and East Pakistan (1950.07.15 – 1951)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Karachi (Pakistan) (1950.07.15 – 1958.04.28)

Archbishop-Bishop of Hyderabad (Pakistan) (1958.04.28 – 1966.03.10)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Joseph Coutts (79) (later Cardinal) (1988.05.05 – 1990.09.01)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of St. Francis Xavier, Hyderabad, Sind

Karachi (←), Quetta (↖), Multan (↗), Ajmer (→), Rajkot (↘)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 137,386 km²

Population: 57,546 Catholics (0.2% of 26,813,227 total)

Pastoral Centres: 19 parishes, 1 mission

Personnel: 35 priests (11 diocesan, 24 religious), 79 religious (26 brothers, 53 sisters), 9 seminarians