Pakistan Catholic Bishops’ Conference (P.C.B.C.)

Conference of Bishops

Country: Pakistan

Address: Secretariat PCBC, c/o Our Lady of Fatima Church, 55th Street, Kaghan Road, F-8/4, Islamabad 44000, Pakistan

Phone: (0327) 783.34.92

Websites:

Present Officials

President (2023.11.10 – ...):

Bishop Samson Shukardin, O.F.M. (65)

Bishop of Hyderabad (Pakistan)

Vice-President (2017.11.10 – ...):

Archbishop Benny Mario Travas (59)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Karachi (Pakistan)

Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Lahore (Pakistan)

Past Officials

President: Archbishop Joseph Arshad (62) (2017.11.10 – 2023.11.10)
President: Archbishop Joseph Coutts (81) (later Cardinal) (2011.03 – 2017.11.10)
President: Archbishop Lawrence John Saldanha (90) (2002 – 2011.03)
President: Archbishop Simeon Anthony Pereira (2000 – 2002)
President: Archbishop Armando Trindade (1994 – 2000)
President: Cardinal Joseph Marie Anthony Cordeiro (1973 – 1994)
President: Archbishop Theotonius Amal Ganguly, C.S.C. (1971 – 1973)
President: Archbishop Joseph Marie Anthony Cordeiro (later Cardinal) (1970 – 1971)
Vice-President: Bishop Samson Shukardin, O.F.M. (65) (2020 – 2023.11.10)
General Secretary: Bishop Samson Shukardin, O.F.M. (65) (2015? – 2020)
General Secretary: Bishop Rufin Anthony (2010 – 2015)
General Secretary: Bishop Anthony Theodore Lobo (1989 – 2010)

Last updated on 2026.09.10

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