Roman Catholic Diocese of Faisalabad
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Diocese of Faisalabad Dioecesis Faisalabadensis فیصل آباد میں کیتھولک چرچ |
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| Location | |
| Country |  Pakistan |
| Ecclesiastical province | Lahore |
| Metropolitan | Lahore |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 35,300 km2 (13,600 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2006) 32,861,670 140,102 (0.4%) |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of Sts. Peter and Paul |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Joseph Arshad |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Sebastian Francis Shaw |
| Website | |
| Diocese of Faisalabad | |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Faisalabad (Lat: Dioecesis Faisalabadensis) is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in Pakistan.
Erected in 1960, as the Diocese of Lyallpur, the diocese was created from the Diocese of Multan. The new diocese comprised the civil districts of Faisalabad (formerly Lyallpur), Sahiwal and Jhang.
In 1977, the name of the diocese was changed to the Diocese of Faisalabad. The diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Lahore. The Diocese of Faisalabad now comprises the following civil boundaries: the whole of the Faisalabad Division with the districts of Faisalahad, Jhang, Toba Tek Singh and Chiniot. In the Multan Division, the districts of Sahiwal, Pakpattan and Okara. The Diocese of Faisalabad covers a 35,300 km2 area and is home to about 189,000 Catholics in 28 parishes.
The Cathedral of Sts. Peter and Paul is the main church of the diocese.
The Focolare Movement was introduced into Pakistan in 1968 via the Faisalabad diocese by Father Juliano Ricchiardi, an Italian priest serving at the National Catechists' Training Centre in Khushpur. As of 2008, according to local sources, the movement in Pakistan counted 18 Focolarinas, 11 Focolarinos and about 400 other affiliated members including lay people, nuns and priests. Focolare is a Catholic lay movement whose name means "family hearth" present in more than 180 countries and involving more than 2 million people. The movement was recognized by the Catholic Church under the official name "Work of Mary."
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