Roman Catholic Diocese of Multan

The diocese of Multan covers an area of 100,705 km² and comprises the following civil boundaries.

[1] The diocese is also home to the Pastoral Institute of Multan which serves the Church at a national level.

[2] On 3 October 1989, Pope John Paul II sent congratulations on the 50th anniversary of the diocese.

[4] On 17 September 1998, Pope John Paul II appointed Father Raymond Saeed apostolic administrator for the Diocese.

[6] On 29 October 2001 four gunmen entered St. Dominic's Church, Bahawalpur in the Diocese and shot and killed 15 worshippers and a police guard.

Victor Gnanapragasam as apostolic vicar of the new ecclesiastical circumscription and the titular bishop of Timida.

[10] He received his episcopal consecration on 15 August 2015 from Archbishop Ghaleb Moussa Abdalla Bader, Apostolic Nuncio to Pakistan.

[11] On 11 February 2021, Pope Francis appointed Travas to succeed Joseph Coutts as Archbishop of Karachi.

[13] In a 12 December 2022 interview the Bishop-elect outlined his plans to promote education in the diocese.

He plans to build more schools and enable homeless children to access education.