Father Khalid Rehmat OFMCap (born 5 August 1968) in Mianwali in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Islamabad-Rawalpindi, is the Apostolic Vicar of the Apostolic Vicariate of Quetta in Pakistan.Catholic Hierarchy website Accessed January 2, 2021
Rehmat worked as a primary school teacher before joining the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin. From 2008 to 2014 he taught at St. Mary's Minor Seminary, Lahore.Vatican News January 2, 2021
He made his solemn vows in 2007. UCANews January 2, 2021 On 16 August 2008, he was ordained priest in the Sacred Heart Cathedral, Lahore. Agenzia Fides November 19, 2020 From 2014, Rehmat served as parish priest in Our Lady of Mount Carmel parish in Sialkot, in the Archdiocese of Lahore. Since 2013, he has been editor of the bimonthly magazine Catholic Naqeeb. In November 2020, he was elected custos of the Mariam Siddeeqa Capuchin Custody in Pakistan.
On January 1, 2021, Pope Francis named Father Khalid Rehmat as the new vicar apostolic of Quetta. He is the first Pakistani Capuchin priest to be named bishop and was consecrated in Quetta on 25 March 2021. Archbishop Christophe Zakhia El-Kassis, Apostolic Nuncio to Pakistan, was the main consecrator, with the co-consecrators Cardinal Joseph Coutts, Archbishop of Karachi, and Archbishop Joseph Arshad of Islamabad-Rawalpindi.Agenzia Fides 25 March 2021
On March 10, 2026, Pope Leo XIV appointed him the Archbishop of Lahore."Vatican reshuffles Pakistani bishops amid controversy" UCAN March 11, 2026 He was installed as Archbishop on March 28, 2026. Agenzia Fides 31 March 2026
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