In 1594 the Mughal emperor Akbar invited some Catholic priests from Goa to take up permanent residence at his court.

In various stages, as other missionary circumscriptions were founded in the area, successful ceded parts of the original territory: On 15 November 1888, the Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith entrusted responsibility for the Diocese of Lahore to the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin.

[2][3][4][5] On 14 February 2009, Fr Sebastian Francis Shaw, of the Friars Minor was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Lahore by Pope Benedict XVI.

[10] In 1964 the diocese opened the 215 bed Bethania Hospital, Sialkot which focuses mainly on preventing and treating TB.

[11] Lahore archdiocese had 511,226 Catholics, 30 diocesan priests, and 214 nuns, according to the 2001 Annuario Pontificio, the Vatican yearbook.

[14] The country’s 1st National Eucharistic Congress was organised by the local Catholic Church 9–11 September 2005 at the Marian Shrine of Mariamabad, Lahore diocese.

Every year it draws thousands of clergy, religious and laity, families, other Christians and Muslims.