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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lahore is a Latin Metropolitan archdiocese in Punjab province, Pakistan. Its cathedral episcopal see is the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, in Lahore. == History == It was founded in 1880 as Apostolic Vicariate of Punjab, on territory split off from the then Apostolic Vicariate of Agra (now also a Metropolitan Archbishopric). On 1 September 1886 it was promoted and renamed after its see as Diocese of Lahore. It lost vast territories repeatedly: * on 1887.07.06 to establish the Apostolic Prefecture of Kafiristan and Kashmir * on 1910.09.13 to establish the then Metropolitan Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Simla (now a suffragan of Delhi) * on 1936.12.17 to establish the Apostolic Prefecture of Multan (now its suffragan diocese) * on 1952.01.17 to establish the Apostolic Prefecture of Jalandhar and the Apostolic Prefecture of Kashmir and Jammu On 23 April 1994 the diocese was elevated to the rank of Metropolitan Archdiocese. Fr. Lawrence Saldanha was appointed Archbishop of Lahore by pope John Paul II.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Archbishiop of Lahore )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Exclusive interview with Archbishop Lawrence Saldanha: Archbishop expresses concern at civilian casualties in Balochistan )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Agenzia Fides )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Charles urges inter-faith respect )〕 On 7 April 2011 Archbishop Saldanha retired as Archbishop of Lahore.〔(Vatican Radio 7/04/2011 )〕 On December 18, 2011, the archdiocese began celebrations to mark its 125th anniversary. Seventy-five priests and 200 catechists served then in 608 Mass centres in the archdiocese.〔(UCANews December 19, 2011 )〕 Pope Francis on July 3, 2013 appointed Fr. Joseph Arshad of the Lahore Archdiocese as the bishop of the Faisalabad Diocese.〔(Vatican Radio July 3, 2013 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lahore」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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