12 Facts About Joseph Coutts

Joseph Coutts was born on 21 July 1945 and is a Pakistani prelate of the Catholic Church, who served as Archbishop of Karachi from 2012 to 2021.

Joseph Coutts served as Bishop of Faisalabad from 1998 to 2012.

Joseph Coutts was born in Amritsar, British India on 21 July 1945 in a Goan family.

Joseph Coutts can speak several languages including English, Italian, German, French, Urdu, Punjabi and Sindhi.

Joseph Coutts received his religious training at the Christ the King seminary in Karachi and was ordained a priest in Lahore, Pakistan, on 9 January 1971.

Joseph Coutts chose as his episcopal motto the word Harmony.

Joseph Coutts became Bishop of Hyderabad on 1 September 1990.

Joseph Coutts is the longtime Chairman of Caritas Pakistan and directed its earthquake relief efforts in 2005.

Joseph Coutts was hospitalized with pneumonia and unable to travel to Rome to receive his pallium, the symbol of his status as a metropolitan archbishop, from Pope Benedict in June 2012.

Joseph Coutts was president of the Pakistan Catholic Bishops' Conference from 2011 to 2017.

Joseph Coutts became the country's second cardinal after Joseph Cordeiro who was of Goan origin.

Joseph Coutts is a member of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue.