Catholic Church

in

Republic of Uzbekistan (Uzbekistan)

Uzbekistan

Also known as: Usbekistan (Deutsch), Uzbekistán (español), l’Ouzbékistan (français), Uzbekistan (Italiano, polski), Uzbequistão (Português), Узбекистан (русский язык), 烏茲別克斯坦 (正體中文), ウズベキスタン (日本語), Uzbecia (latine)

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Apostolic Administrations Apostolic Administration (2)


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Roman Rite (1): Uzbekistan

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


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Changes in Dioceses | Vacant Dioceses | Former Dioceses


Apostolic Nunciature: Uzbekistan Archbishop Giovanni D’Aniello (69)

Conference of Bishops: Bishops’ Conference of Central Asia Bishop José Luís Mumbiela Sierra (55)

International Meeting of Bishops’ Conferences: Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences (F.A.B.C.) Cardinal Filipe Neri António Sebastião do Rosário Ferrão (71)

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Geography

Continent: Central and Southwest Asia

Capital: Tashkent

Area: 425,400 km²

Population: 29,748,859

Neighbouring Countries: Turkmenistan Turkmenistan, ↑ Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, → Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan, ↘ Tajikistan Tajikistan, ↓ Afghanistan Afghanistan

Cultural Summary

Religions: Muslim 88% (mostly Sunni), Eastern Orthodox 9%, other 3%

Languages: Uzbek (official) 74.3%, Russian 14.2%, Tajik 4.4%, other 7.1%

Ethnic Groups: Uzbek 80%, Russian 5.5%, Tajik 5%, Kazakh 3%, Karakalpak 2.5%, Tatar 1.5%, other 2.5%

Statistics (2021.12.31)

Area: 447,400 km²

Catholic Population: 4,000 Catholics (0.0% of 34,915,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 5 parishes

Clergy: 1 bishop (titular), 9 priests (religious)

Non-Clergy: 22 religious (3 brothers, 19 sisters), 3 major seminarians, 14 catechists

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1990Statistics included in Russia Russia

Last updated on 2024.09.18

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