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Vatican City, 25 Jan. (AKI) - Pope Benedict XVI on Wednesday appointed Joseph
Coutt (Couto),, a Goan, as archbishop of Karachi, the Pakistani sprawling
southern port city where Christians have been the target of religious violence,
the Vatican announced.
He succeeds Evarist Pinto, who resigned after reaching the age limit of 75
years old.
The late Pope John Paul II in 1998 appointed Coutts Bishop of Faisalabad, an
industrial city in the centre of Pakistan.
The Catholic University of Eichstatt-Ingolstadt in Germany awarded Coutts the
2007 Shalom Prize for his commitment to interfaith dialogue in Pakistan. Coutts
says he has received death threats from Muslim extremists his work.
As Karachi's archbishop, Coutts, 66, will oversee the 150,000 Catholics and 40
priests in Pakistan's largest city where almost all of the metropolis' 15
million people are Muslim.
He succeeds Evarist Pinto, who resigned after reaching the age limit of 75
years old.
The late Pope John Paul II in 1998 appointed Coutts Bishop of Faisalabad, an
industrial city in the centre of Pakistan.
The Catholic University of Eichstatt-Ingolstadt in Germany awarded Coutts the
2007 Shalom Prize for his commitment to interfaith dialogue in Pakistan. Coutts
says he has received death threats from Muslim extremists his work.
As Karachi's archbishop, Coutts, 66, will oversee the 150,000 Catholics and 40
priests in Pakistan's largest city where almost all of the metropolis' 15
million people are Muslim.
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