Archdiocese of Karachi Archidioecesis Karachiensis آرچ ڈائیوسیس آف کراچی | |
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 St. Patrick's Cathedral | |
| Location | |
| Country |  Pakistan |
| Territory | The city of Karachi with its five districts: Karachi Central, South, West, East and Malir. |
| Ecclesiastical province | Karachi |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 180,000 km2 (69,000 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2013) 18,371,000 166,000 (1.0%) |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 1948 |
| Cathedral | St. Patrick's Cathedral |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Benny Mario Travas |
| Suffragans | Diocese of Hyderabad |
| Bishops emeritus | Evarist Pinto, Joseph Coutts |
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The Archdiocese of Karachi is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Pakistan. It was erected on 20 May 1948 under as a then-suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Bombay.