Apostolic Administration of Uzbekistan
Apostolic Administration of Uzbekistan | |
Basic data | |
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Country | Uzbekistan |
Ecclesiastical province | Immediate |
Apostolic Administrator | Jerzy Maculewicz OFM Conv |
surface | 447,000 km² |
Parishes | 5 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2008 ) |
Residents | 26,339,000 (December 31, 2007 / AP2008 ) |
Catholics | 4,000 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2008 ) |
proportion of | 0% |
Religious priest | 9 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2008 ) |
Catholics per priest | 444 |
Friars | 11 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2008 ) |
Religious sisters | 9 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2008 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | Russian |
cathedral | Heart of Jesus (Tashkent) |
Website | catholic.uz |
The Apostolic Administration Uzbekistan ( Latin : Apostolica Administratio Uzbekistanianus ) is a Roman Catholic Apostolic Administration based in Tashkent in Uzbekistan .
history
Pope John Paul II founded the Mission sui juris on September 29, 1997 from cession of territory by the Apostolic Administration of Kazakhstan .
With the Apostolic Constitution Totius dominici gregis it was elevated to the Apostolic Administration on April 1, 2005.
Ordinaries
Apostolic Superior of Uzbekistan
- Krzysztof Kukułka OFMConv (September 29, 1997 - March 22, 2005)
Apostolic Administrators of Uzbekistan
- Krzysztof Kukułka OFMConv (March 22, 2005 - April 1, 2005)
- Jerzy Maculewicz OFMConv (since April 1, 2005)
Parishes
There are five parishes:
- Heart of Jesus , Tashkent (cathedral parish)
- St. Andrew , Bukhara
- St. Maria , Fergana
- St. John the Baptist , Samarkand
- Mother of Mercy , Urgench
statistics
year | population | priest | Permanent deacons | Religious | Parishes | ||||||
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Catholics | Residents | % | Total number | Diocesan priest | Religious priest | Catholics per priest | Friars | Religious sisters | |||
1999 | 3,500 | 23,000,000 | 0.0 | 4th | 4th | 875 | 5 | 4th | 6th | ||
2000 | 2,800 | 23,000,000 | 0.0 | 5 | 1 | 4th | 560 | 5 | 4th | 3 | |
2001 | 3,000 | 23,000,000 | 0.0 | 9 | 2 | 7th | 333 | 9 | 8th | 3 | |
2002 | 3,000 | 25,000,000 | 0.0 | 9 | 2 | 7th | 333 | 9 | 8th | 5 | |
2003 | 4,000 | 25,000,000 | 0.0 | 8th | 8th | 500 | 10 | 9 | 5 | ||
2005 | 4,000 | 25,000,000 | 0.0 | 9 | 9 | 444 | 12 | 9 | 5 | ||
2007 | 4,000 | 26,339,000 | 0.0 | 9 | 9 | 444 | 11 | 9 | 5 |
See also
Web links
- Entry on Apostolic Administration Uzbekistan on catholic-hierarchy.org ; Retrieved July 22, 2014.
- Entry on Apostolic Administration of Uzbekistan on gcatholic.org (English)