Apostolic Administration of Kazakhstan and Central Asia

Apostolic Administration of Kazakhstan and Central Asia
Basic data
Country	Kazakhstan , Kyrgyzstan , Tajikistan , Turkmenistan , Uzbekistan
Ecclesiastical province	Immediate
Apostolic Administrator	Wassyl Howera
founding	June 1, 2019
surface	4,000,000 km²
Catholics	10,000 (June 1, 2019)
Diocesan priest	8 (June 1, 2019)
Catholics per priest	1,250
Religious sisters	5 (June 1, 2019)
rite	Byzantine rite
Website	catholic-kazakhstan.org/

The Apostolic Administration of Kazakhstan and Central Asia is an apostolic administration for the Roman Catholic Church Uniate believers of the Byzantine rite in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan , Tajikistan , Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan . The seat of the administration is in Karaganda .

In Kazakhstan parishes exist in only Sultan , Pavlodar , Karaganda , Satbayev and Shiderti River ( Pavlodar region ).

history

Pope Francis established the administration on June 1, 2019.

Apostolic Administrator of Kazakhstan

• Wassyl Howera (since June 1, 2019)

See also

• Kazakh Greek Catholic Church
• Particular church
• List of Roman Catholic Dioceses

Web links

• Entry on Apostolic Administration of Kazakhstan and Central Asia on catholic-hierarchy.org
• Parish of St. Joseph in Astana (Nur-Sultan)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} erezione dell'Amministrazione Apostolica per i fedeli cattolici di rito bizantino in Kazakhstan e nell'Asia Centrale con sede a Karaganda e nomina dell'Amministratore Apostolico. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, June 1, 2019, accessed June 1, 2019 (Italian). 
2. ↑ Греко-католические приходы