Catholic ChurchinRussian Federation (Russia) |
Also known as: Russland (Deutsch), Rusia (español), la Russie (français), Russia (Italiano, latine), Rosja (polski), Rússia (Português), Россия (русский язык), 俄羅斯 (正體中文), ロシア (日本語)
Roman Rite (5): Mother of God at Moscow, Saint Clement at Saratov, Saint Joseph at Irkutsk, Transfiguration at Novosibirsk, Yuzhno Sakhalinsk
Armenian Church (1): East Europe
Russian Church (1): Russia
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Apostolic Nunciature: Russian Federation
Conference of Bishops: Conferenza dei Vescovi Cattolici della Federazione Russa (C.V.C.F.R.)
International Meeting of Bishops’ Conferences: Consilium Conferentiarum Episcopalium Europæ (C.C.E.E.)
Cathedrals (7)
Basilicas (1)
Patron Saints: Saint Andrew (November 30), Saint Nicholas of Myra (December 6)
Saints: 5 Saints, 13 Blesseds
Continents: East Europe, South and East Asia, Central and Southwest Asia
Capital: Moscow
Area: 16,377,742 km²
Population: 142,257,519
Former Name: Soviet Union
Neighbouring Countries: ↙ Ukraine , ← Belarus , ← Latvia , ← Estonia , ↖ Finland , → USA , ↘ China , ↘ Japan , ↘ North Korea , ↓ Mongolia , ↓ Kazakhstan , ↓ Azerbaijan , ↓ Georgia
Religions: Russian Orthodox 15-20%, Muslim 10-15%, other Christian 2%
Languages: Russian (official) 85.7%, Tatar 3.2%, Chechen 1%, others 10.1%
Ethnic Groups: Russian 77.7%, Tatar 3.7%, Ukrainian 1.4%, Bashkir 1.1%, Chuvash 1%, Chechen 1%, other 10.2%, unspecified 3.9%
Motto: С нами Бог (Russian) (God is with us)
Area: 17,075,400 km²
Catholic Population: 800,000 Catholics (0.5% of 146,864,000 total)
Pastoral Centres: 208 parishes, 30 mission stations (without resident priest), 183 other centres
Clergy: 6 bishops (4 diocesan, 2 titular), 237 priests (90 diocesan, 147 religious), 2 permanent deacons (1 diocesan, 1 religious)
Non-Clergy: 276 religious (21 brothers, 255 sisters), 7 members of secular institutes (sisters), 38 major seminarians, 13 missionaries, 217 catechists
1990Statistics include present-day Armenia , Azerbaijan , Georgia , Kazakhstan , Kyrgyzstan , Tajikistan , Turkmenistan , Uzbekistan |
Last updated on 2024.09.18
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