Roman Catholic Church in Georgia

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The Roman Catholic Church in Georgia belongs to the Roman Catholic Church with the primacy of the Pope .

overview

The majority of Georgians belong to the traditional Georgian Orthodox Apostle Church . In addition to Muslims, the Armenian Apostolic Church can be found in Georgia. A minority of 0.8% of the population belong to the Armenian Catholic Church , the Latin Church and the Chaldean Catholic Church .

The beginnings of the Roman Catholic Church in Georgia go back to the 12th and 13th centuries. Century back. Even during the Soviet era, the Latin Church with 15 parishes and the Armenian Catholic Church with 7 parishes continued.

In 1992 Pope John Paul II established an Apostolic Nunciature for Georgia in Tbilisi . On December 30, 1993, the Roman Curia established the Caucasus Apostolic Administration for Latin Christians with its seat in Tbilisi. In 1999 there were about 100,000 Catholics of the Latin, Armenian and Syro-Chaldean rites, according to the Orthodox Church of Georgia at most 3,000 Catholics. Giuseppe Pasotto , the Apostolic Administrator , named the number of 50,000 Catholics in 2000.

In addition to Georgia, the Apostolic Nuncio is also responsible for the Nunciatures in Azerbaijan and Armenia . Marek Solczyński has been nuncio since 2011 .

literature

  • Martin Tamcke: Religion in Georgien , pp. 205–207, in: Markus Porsche-Ludwig, Jürgen Bellers (ed.), Handbook of Religions of the World, in 2 volumes, Nordhausen 2012

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Country information on Georgia: Roman Catholic Church , Renovabis , accessed on December 15, 2014
  2. ↑ Religion in Georgia ( Memento of the original from December 15, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Verlag Traugott Bautz GmbH / BBKL, accessed on December 15, 2014 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / bautz.de
  3. ↑ a b Bernd Schröder: Georgia: Society and Religion on the Threshold of Europe , Röhrig Universitätsverlag 2005, p. 77 ff.