Diocese of Multan, Pakistan

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Multan / Multanen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Lahore

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

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History

1936.12.17: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Multan / Multanen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Lahore)
1939.07.20: Promoted as Diocese of Multan / Multanen(sis) (Latin) (became suffragan of Delhi and Simla)
1950.07.15: Became suffragan of Karachi
1955.05.08: Lost territory to Diocese of Rawalpindi
1960.04.13: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Lyallpur
1994.04.23: Became suffragan of Lahore

Present Prelates

Bishop (2022.12.09 – ...):

Bishop Yousaf Sohan (66)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Multan (Roman Rite)

Bishop Yousaf Sohan (66)
(2022.12.09 – ...)

Bishop of Multan (Pakistan)

Born:	1958.09.02 (Layyaha, Pakistan)
Ordained Priest:	1985.07.03
Consecrated Bishop:	2023.02.02

Priest of Multan (Pakistan) (1985.07.03 – 2022.12.09)

Bishop of Multan (Pakistan) (2022.12.09 – ...)

Archbishop Sebastian Francis Shaw, O.F.M. (67)
(Apostolic Administrator 2021.04.11 – 2022.12.09)

Bishop Benny Mario Travas (58) (later Archbishop)
(2015.05.29 – 2021.02.11)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Karachi (Pakistan)
Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Lahore (Pakistan)
Vice-President of Pakistan Catholic Bishops’ Conference

Love, hope, faith

Born:	1966.11.21 (Karachi, Pakistan)
Ordained Priest:	1990.12.07
Consecrated Bishop:	2015.08.15

Priest of Karachi (Pakistan) (1990.12.07 – 2015.05.29)

Apostolic Administrator of Multan (Pakistan) (2014.06.13 – 2015.05.29)

Bishop of Multan (Pakistan) (2015.05.29 – 2021.02.11)

Vice-President of Pakistan Catholic Bishops’ Conference (2017.11.10 – ...)

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

Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Lahore (Pakistan) (2024.08.15 – ...)

Fr. Benny Mario Travas (58) (later Archbishop)
(Apostolic Administrator 2014.06.13 – 2015.05.29)

Bishop Andrew Francis
(1999.12.03 – 2014.06.13)

Life through justice

Born:	1946.11.29 (Pakistan)
Ordained Priest:	1972.01.10
Consecrated Bishop:	2000.02.26
Died:	2017.06.06 († 70)

Bishop of Multan (Pakistan) (1999.12.03 – 2014.06.13)

Bishop Patras Yusaf
(1984.10.20 – 1998.12.29)

Born:	1936.07.29 (Pakistan)
Ordained Priest:	1965.12.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1982.02.19
Died:	1998.12.29 († 62)

Titular Bishop of Sinnuara (1981.12.19 – 1984.10.20)

Auxiliary Bishop of Multan (Pakistan) (1981.12.19 – 1984.10.20)

Bishop of Multan (Pakistan) (1984.10.20 – 1998.12.29)

Bishop Ernest Bertrand Boland, O.P.
(1966.05.17 – 1984.10.20)

Parate viam pacis

Born:	1925.07.10 (Providence, RI, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1955.06.09
Consecrated Bishop:	1966.07.25
Died:	2023.05.28 (Pawtucket, RI, USA † 97)

Bishop of Multan (Pakistan) (1966.05.17 – 1984.10.20)

Bishop Aloysius Louis Scheerer, O.P.
(1960.04.13 – 1966.01.27)

Born:	1909.02.10 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1935.06.13
Consecrated Bishop:	1960.05.08
Died:	1966.01.27 († 56)

Bishop of Multan (Pakistan) (1960.04.13 – 1966.01.27)

Bishop Francesco Benedetto Cialeo, O.P.
(1939.07.20 – 1960.04.13)

Born:	1901.07.03
Ordained Priest:	1924.04.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1939.10.29
Died:	1985.01.04 († 83)

Prefect Apostolic of Multan (Pakistan) (1937.01.15 – 1939.07.20)

Bishop of Multan (Pakistan) (1939.07.20 – 1960.04.13)

Bishop of Lyallpur (Pakistan) (1960.04.13 – 1976.09.08)

Prefects Apostolic of Multan (Roman Rite)

Fr. Francesco Benedetto Cialeo, O.P. (later Bishop)
(1937.01.15 – 1939.07.20)

(see above)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Patras Yusaf (1981.12.19 – 1984.10.20)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of the Holy Redeemer, Multan, Punjab

Hyderabad (↙), Quetta (←), Islamabad–Rawalpindi (↑), Faisalabad (↗), Jalandhar (↗), Jaipur (↘), Ajmer (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 98,705 km²

Population: 311,000 Catholics (0.8% of 39,839,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 15 parishes

Personnel: 34 priests (16 diocesan, 18 religious), 1 deacon, 90 religious (41 brothers, 49 sisters), 28 seminarians