From today’s Bulletin, March 10, 2026:
Appointment of the Metropolitan Archbishop of Lahore (Pakistan)
The Holy Father has appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Lahore (Pakistan) His Excellency Msgr. Khalid Rehmat, O.F.M. Cap., hitherto Apostolic Vicar of Quetta.
Curriculum vitae
His Excellency Msgr. Khalid Rehmat, O.F.M. Cap., was born on August 5, 1968, in Mianwali, in the Diocese of Islamabad-Rawalpindi. He made his solemn profession in the Order of Capuchin Friars Minor on December 28, 2007, and was ordained a Priest on August 16, 2008.
Elected Apostolic Vicar of Quetta on January 1, 2021, he received episcopal ordination on the following March 25. Within the Episcopal Conference, he is President of the Commission for Consecrated Life, of the Commission for Evangelization, and of the Pontifical Mission Works. Furthermore, he was a delegated Member of the Episcopal Conference at the Synod on Synodality.
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Appointment of the Apostolic Vicar of Quetta (Pakistan)
The Holy Father has appointed as Apostolic Vicar of Quetta (Pakistan) His Excellency Msgr. Sebastian Francis Shaw, O.F.M., hitherto Metropolitan Archbishop of Lahore.