Christianity in Punjab, Pakistan

Background
Part of a series on Christianity in Pakistan

Christianity Anglican Catholic Church Church of Pakistan Roman Catholicism in Pakistan
People
Alvin Robert Cornelius Anthony Mascarenhas Esther John Julius Salik Mervyn Middlecoat John Permal Cecil Chaudhry Anthony Theodore Lobo Joseph Coutts Mary Emily Colin Saldanha Menin Rodrigues Antao D'Souza Wallis Mathias Bohemia (musician) Rt. Rev. Mushtaq Andrew Fr. Reuben Iqbal Shallum Asher Xavier Shahbaz Bhatti Michael Chowdry
Churches
His Grace Churches International Sacred Heart Cathedral, Lahore St. Patrick's Cathedral Christ Church Rawalpindi All Saints Church St Philip's Church St John's Church St. Luke's Church, Abbottabad

Most Christians of Pakistan live in Punjab province. The vast majority of the population of the province is Muslim. The churches in Lahore include Cathedral Church of Resurrection, Sacred Heart Cathedral, Lahore, St. Andrew's Church, Lahore, St. Anthony's Church, Lahore and St. Joseph’s Church, Lahore. Punjab is a province with persecution of Christians.^[1] Asia Bibi has been convicted of blasphemy, with the government of Punjab being in favour of her execution.^[2] Most Punjabi Christians are converts from the Hindu Churas and Mazhabi Sikh caste to Christianity during the British raj.^[3]

Christian denominations in the province

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