Pakistan Catholic Bishops' Conference

Last updated

The Pakistan Catholic Bishops' Conference (PCBC) is the episcopal conference of the Catholic bishops of Pakistan. Its objectives are to facilitate coordinated study and discussion of issues affecting the Church, and adoption of a common policy and effective action in all matters concerning the Church in Pakistan.

Contents

The Pakistan Catholic Bishops' Conference decided on 18 April 1990 to build this new seminary for philosophical studies in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lahore. [1] Prior to this the Christ the King Seminary in Karachi was the only major seminary in the country.

In 1997 the PCBC approved a National Catholic Institute of Theology to be set up in Karachi to provide theological formation in the spirit of renewal desired by the Second Vatican Council.

Presidents

Cardinal Joseph Cordeiro, 1958–1971 and 1973-1994 [2]

Archbishop Theotonius Amal Ganguly, C.S.C., 1971–1973 [3]

Archbishop Armando Trindade, 1994–2000

Archbishop Simeon Anthony Pereira, 2000–2002

Archbishop Lawrence Saldanha, 2002-2011 [4]

Archbishop Joseph Arshad, 2011-present

Secretary General

Bishop Anthony Theodore Lobo, 1989–2010

Bishop Rufin Anthony, 2010-2015

Commissions

National Commission for Justice and Peace

National Catholic Education Commission, Pakistan

Major Seminary

Muslim Christian Dialogue

Catechetics and Biblical Apostolate

Liaison with Charismatics

Ongoing Formation of Clergy

Revision of Urdu Catholic Bibles [5]

Related Research Articles

Catholic Church in Pakistan

The Catholic Church in Pakistan is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the pope in Rome.

Joseph Cordeiro

Joseph Marie Anthony Cordeiro was the first Pakistani cardinal.

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Karachi

The Archdiocese of Karachi, originally known as the Diocese of Karachi was erected on 20 May 1948 under the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bombay, India.

Evarist Pinto is the former archbishop of Karachi, Pakistan.

Christ the King Seminary is a Roman Catholic seminary in Karachi. It is located in Gulshan-e-Iqbal Town adjacent to the Portiuncula Friary. In its early years most of the faculty were provided by the Franciscans. It has been described as "the pioneering theological institution for the Catholic Church in Pakistan."

Lawrence John Saldanha is a retired archbishop from Pakistan. He was born in Mangalore, India. He received his religious training at the Christ the King seminary in Karachi and was ordained a priest in Lahore, Pakistan on 16 January 1960.

Joseph Coutts Pakistani prelate of the Catholic Church

Joseph Coutts is a Pakistani prelate of the Catholic Church, who served as Archbishop of Karachi from 2012 to 2021. He served as Bishop of Faisalabad from 1998 to 2012.

Andrew Francis was the Pakistani Roman Catholic bishop of Diocese of Multan from 2000 to 2014.

Father Victor Gnanapragasam O.M.I. was the first prefect of the Catholic Apostolic Prefecture of Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan.

Simeon Anthony Pereira was a former archbishop of Karachi.

Patras Yusaf was the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Multan from 1984 until his death in 1998.

Armando Trindade studied at St Patrick's High School, Karachi. He received his religious training at the Papal Seminary, Kandy, Sri Lanka and was ordained a priest on 6 May 1950.

St. Pius X Minor Seminary is the preparatory seminary in the Archdiocese of Karachi. It is located in North Nazimabad.

Rufin Anthony was a Pakistani Roman Catholic bishop.

St. Thomas the Apostle Minor Seminary is the preparatory seminary of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Faisalabad in Pakistan.

The Franciscan Portiuncula Friary is the oldest friary in Pakistan, founded in 1940. It is located in Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Karachi, adjacent to the Christ the King Seminary. It is the Pakistani base of the Order of Friars Minor, a mendicant Catholic religious order founded by Saint Francis of Assisi in 1209.

Augustine Soares was a Roman Catholic priest in Karachi, Pakistan. He was born in Karachi and received his religious training at the Christ the King seminary. He was ordained a priest of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Karachi in 1969.

Joseph Arshad

Joseph Arshad is the Roman Catholic Bishop of Islamabad-Rawalpindi in Pakistan.

Samson Shukardin is the bishop of the Diocese of Hyderabad, Pakistan.

Joseph Indrias Rehmat is the Roman Catholic Bishop of Faisalabad in Pakistan.

References

  1. "Pontificia Universitàs Urbaniana". Archived from the original on 2011-10-07.
  2. "UCANews.com February 14, 1994".[ permanent dead link ]
  3. G Catholic
  4. "Agenzia Fides 19 September 2005". Archived from the original on 14 June 2011. Retrieved 21 September 2011.
  5. UCANews, April 26 1989