Apostolic Vicariate of Quetta Apostolicus Vicariatus Quettensis کوئٹہ کے رسولی پادری | |
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Location | |
Country | Pakistan |
Metropolitan | Directly exempt to the Holy See |
Statistics | |
Area | 347,188 km2 (134,050 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2010) 7,296,000 30,518 (0.4%) |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 9 November 2001 (As Apostolic Prefecture of Quetta) 29 April 2010 (Apostolic Vicariate of Quetta) |
Cathedral | Pro-Cathedral of the Holy Rosary in Quetta |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Apostolic Vicar | Khalid Rehmat, O.F.M |
The Apostolic Vicariate of Quetta (Latin: Vicariatus Apostolicus Quettensis), originally the Apostolic Prefecture of Quetta, is a Latin Church missionary territory or apostolic vicariate of the Catholic Church in Pakistan. It comprises the civil province of Balochistan and the Kachhi region of Punjab, Pakistan.