Resignation of the Patriarch of Baghdad of the Chaldeans
Resignation of bishop of Saint Peter the Apostle of San Diego of the Chaldeans, U.S.A., and appointment of apostolic administrator sede vacante
Appointment of metropolitan archbishop of Lahore, Pakistan
Appointment of vicar apostolic of Quetta, Pakistan
Resignation of the Patriarch of Baghdad of the Chaldeans
The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the office of Patriarch of Baghdad of the Chaldeans, presented by His Beatitude Cardinal Louis Raphaël Sako, in accordance with Canon 126 § 2 of the CCEO.
Resignation of bishop of Saint Peter the Apostle of San Diego of the Chaldeans, U.S.A., and appointment of apostolic administrator sede vacante
The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the eparchy of Saint Peter the Apostle of San Diego of the Chaldeans, United States of America, presented by Bishop Emanuel Hana Shaleta, and has appointed Bishop Saad Hanna Sirop, titular of Hirta, as apostolic administrator sede vacante of the same circumscription.
Appointment of metropolitan archbishop of Lahore, Pakistan
The Holy Father has appointed Bishop Khalid Rehmat, O.F.M. Cap., until now vicar apostolic of Quetta, as metropolitan archbishop of Lahore, Pakistan.
Curriculum vitae
Archbishop-elect Khalid Rehmat, O.F.M. Cap., was born on 5 August 1968 in Mianwali, in the diocese of Islamabad-Rawalpindi. He gave his solemn vows in the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin on 28 December 2007 and was ordained a priest on 16 August 2008.
He was elected vicar apostolic of Quetta on 1 January 2021, and received episcopal ordination on the following 25 March. Within the Episcopal Conference, he is chair of the Commission for Consecrated Life, the Commission for Evangelization, and the Pontifical Mission Societies. In addition, he was a delegate member of the Episcopal Conference to the Synod on Synodality.
Appointment of vicar apostolic of Quetta, Pakistan
The Holy Father has appointed Archbishop Sebastian Francis Shaw, O.F.M., until now metropolitan of Lahore, as vicar apostolic of Quetta, Pakistan.
Curriculum vitae
Archbishop Sebastian Francis Shaw, O.F.M., was born on 14 November 1957 in Padri-Jo-Goth, Sanghar, Sindh, in the metropolitan diocese of Hyderabad.
He entered the Franciscan novitiate in 1984, and studied theology at the Christ the King Seminary in Karachi. After giving his perpetual vows in 1989, he was ordained a priest on 6 December 1991.
He was appointed titular bishop of Tino and auxiliary of the archdiocese of Lahore on 14 February 2009, receiving episcopal ordination the following 25 April. On 20 May 2010 he was appointed apostolic administrator ad nutum Sanctae Sedis of the metropolitan archdiocese of Lahore and on 7 April 2011, apostolic administrator of the same archdiocese, becoming metropolitan archbishop on 14 November 2013.
Within the Episcopal Conference, he has served as chair of the Commission for Interreligious Dialogue, the Commission for the Family, the Commission for Education, and Caritas.
