Catholic Church

in

Turkmenistan

Also known as: Turkmenistán (español), le Turkménistan (français), Turkmenistan (Deutsch, Italiano, polski), Turquemenistão (Português), Туркмения (русский язык), 土庫曼斯坦 (正體中文), トルクメニスタン (日本語), Turcomannia (latine)

By Type (2)

Apostolic Administrations (1)

Independent Missions (Missions sui juris) (1)

By Rite

Roman Rite (1): Turkmenistan

Byzantine Church in Kazakhstan and Central Asia (1): Kazakhstan and Central Asia

by Type | by Name | by Ecclesiastical Province
Changes in Dioceses | Vacant Dioceses | Former Dioceses

Apostolic Nunciature: Turkmenistan

Conference of Bishops: Bishops’ Conference of Central Asia

International Meeting of Bishops’ Conferences: Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences (F.A.B.C.)

Bishops

Special Churches

Documents

Geography

Continent: Central and Southwest Asia

Capital: Ashgabat

Area: 469,930 km²

Population: 5,351,277

Neighbouring Countries: ↙ Iran , ↖ Kazakhstan , ↗ Uzbekistan , ↘ Afghanistan

Cultural Summary

Religions: Muslim 89%, Eastern Orthodox 9%, unknown 2%

Languages: Turkmen (official) 72%, Russian 12%, Uzbek 9%, other 7%

Ethnic Groups: Turkmen 85%, Uzbek 5%, Russian 4%, other 6%

Statistics (2021.12.31)

Area: 488,100 km²

Catholic Population: 300 Catholics (0.0% of 5,408,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 1 parish

Clergy: 3 priests (religious)

Non-Clergy: 1 major seminarian

Pastoral Centres

Consecrated Persons (Not Ordained)

Lay Missionaries

1990Statistics included in Russia

Last updated on 2024.09.18

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