Archbishop Sebastian Francis Shaw, O.F.M.

Vicar Apostolic of Quetta, Pakistan

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
14 Nov 1957		Born
1984²	26.1	Entered	Member of Order of Friars Minor
2 Aug 1989	31.7	Perpetual Vows	Member of Order of Friars Minor
6 Dec 1991	34.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Minor
14 Feb 2009	51.2	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Lahore, Pakistan
14 Feb 2009	51.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Tinum
25 Apr 2009	51.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Tinum
14 Nov 2013	56.0	Appointed	Archbishop of Lahore, Pakistan
11 Apr 2021	63.4	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Multan, Pakistan
2 Feb 2023	65.2	Ceased	Apostolic Administrator of Multan, Pakistan
10 Mar 2026	68.3	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Quetta, Pakistan
24 Mar 2026	68.3	Installed	Vicar Apostolic of Quetta, Pakistan

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Sebastian Francis Shaw
Archbishop Sebastian Francis Shaw O.F.M.
(born 14 Nov 1957)
Vicar Apostolic of Quetta

Ad Limina - March 2018: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Padri-Jo-Goth, Archdiocese of Karachi
Ordained Bishop Sacred Heart, Cathedral, Lahore, Archdiocese of Lahore

Please contact the Archbishop through the Vicariate Apostolic of Quetta.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Lawrence John Saldanha
Archbishop of Lahore
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Joseph Coutts
Bishop of Faisalabad
Bishop Max John Rodrigues
Bishop of Hyderabad in Pakistan

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Lawrence John Saldanha (2001)
Archbishop of Lahore
Archbishop Simeon Anthony Pereira † (1971)
Archbishop of Karachi
Bishop Nicholas Hettinga, M.H.M. † (1947)
Bishop of Rawalpindi
Bishop John Reesinck, M.H.M. † (1938)
Titular Bishop of Thinis
Arthur Cardinal Hinsley † (1926)
Archbishop of Westminster, England
Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard of Norfolk † (1872)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Samson Shukardin, O.F.M. (2015)
Archbishop Benny Mario Travas (2015)
Bishop Yousaf Sohan (2023)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1295302

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 14 Feb 2009
ob/c2+: CB
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 198, Number 16,161
ab: Bollettino, 14 Nov 2013
ab: AM, 16 Apr 2021
aadm: Acta Apostolicæ Sedis, Volume 113, Page 721
ab: Bollettino, 10 Mar 2026
i: CB, 27 Mar 2026

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