Patriarchal Exarchate Turkey
| Patriarchal Exarchate Turkey | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Rite church | Syrian Catholic Church |
| Country | Turkey |
| Ecclesiastical province | Immediate |
| Patriarchal Exarch | Yusuf Sağ |
| surface | 814,578 km² |
| Parishes | 3 ( 12/31/2005 / AP2006 ) |
| Residents | 77,804,122 ( 12/31/2005 / AP2006 ) |
| Catholics | 2,155 ( 12/31/2005 / AP2006 ) |
| proportion of | 0% |
| Diocesan priest | 1 (December 31, 2005 / AP2006 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 2,155 |
| Permanent deacons | 1 (December 31, 2005 / AP2006 ) |
| rite | West Syrian Rite |
| Liturgical language |
Turkish Syriac |
The Patriarchal Exarchate Turkey is in Turkey located Patriarchal Exarch of the Syriac Catholic Church , headquartered in Istanbul .
history
The Patriarchal Vicariate was founded in 1908. In 1991 it was elevated to a Patriarchal Exarchate. Yusuf Sağ has been the local ordinary since 1985 .
statistics
| year | population | priest | Permanent deacons | Religious | Parishes | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catholics | Residents | % | Total number |
Diocesan priest |
Religious priest |
Catholics per priest |
Friars | Religious sisters | |||
| 1998 | 2.120 | ? | ? | 3 | 3 | 706 | 2 | 3 | |||
| 2005 | 2,155 | ? | ? | 1 | 1 | 2,155 | 1 | 3 | |||
See also
Web links
- Entry on Syrian Patriarchal Exarchate of Turkey on gcatholic.org (English)