Apostolic Vicariate of Quetta, Pakistan 🇵🇰

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Quetta / Quetten(sis) (Latin)

Immediately subject to the Holy See

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

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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History

2001.11.09: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Quetta / Quetten(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Karachi and Diocese of Hyderabad)
2010.04.29: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Quetta / Quetten(sis) (Latin)

Present Prelates

Vicar Apostolic (2026.03.10 – ...):

Archbishop Sebastian Francis Shaw, O.F.M. (68)

Ordinaries

Vicars Apostolic of Quetta (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Sebastian Francis Shaw, O.F.M. (68)
(2026.03.10 – ...)

Vicar Apostolic of Quetta (Pakistan)

Love, service, peace

Born:	1957.11.14 (Padri-Jo-Goth, Pakistan)
Ordained Priest:	1991.12.06
Consecrated Bishop:	2009.04.25

Titular Bishop of Knin (2009.02.14 – 2013.11.14)

Auxiliary Bishop of Lahore (Pakistan) (2009.02.14 – 2013.11.14)

Apostolic Administrator of Lahore (Pakistan) (2011 – 2013.11.14)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lahore (Pakistan) (2013.11.14 – 2026.03.10)

Apostolic Administrator of Multan (Pakistan) (2021.04.11 – 2022.12.09)

Vicar Apostolic of Quetta (Pakistan) (2026.03.10 – ...)

Bishop Khalid Rehmat, O.F.M. Cap. (57) (later Archbishop)
(2021.01.01 – 2026.03.10)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lahore (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 – 2026.03.10)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lahore (Pakistan) (2026.03.10 – ...)

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:	2010.07.16
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)

Special Churches

Pro-Cathedral: Church of the Holy Rosary, Quetta, Baluchistan

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

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 347,190 km²

Population: 33,465 Catholics (0.3% of 12,812,900 total)

Pastoral Centres: 9 parishes, 44 missions

Personnel: 14 priests (7 diocesan, 7 religious), 26 religious (7 brothers, 19 sisters), 2 seminarians