Apostolic Administration of

Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan Uzbekistan

Continent: Central and Southwest Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Apostolic Administration Apostolic Administration

Name: Uzbekistan / Usbekistanian(us) (Latin)

Immediately subject to the Holy See

Neighbouring Dioceses: Turkmenistan (↙), Atyrau (β†–), Most Holy Trinity in Almaty (↑), Kyrgyzstan (β†’), Tajikistan (β†˜), Afghanistan (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint John Paul II

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History

Present Prelates

Apostolic Administrator (2005.04.01 – ...):Bishop Jerzy Maculewicz, O.F.M. Conv. (70)Bishop Jerzy Maculewicz, O.F.M. Conv. (70)

Titular Bishop of Nara

Ordinaries

Apostolic Administrators of Uzbekistan (Roman Rite)

Bishop Jerzy Maculewicz, O.F.M. Conv. (70)Bishop Jerzy Maculewicz, O.F.M. Conv. (70)
(2005.04.01 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of Uzbekistan (Uzbekistan)
Titular Bishop of Nara

Ut faciam voluntatem tuam

Born:1955.05.30 (Daszew, Ukraine)
Ordained Priest:1996.06.22
Consecrated Bishop:2005.05.14

Titular Bishop of Nara (2005.04.01 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of Uzbekistan (Uzbekistan) (2005.04.01 – ...)

Vice-President of Bishops’ Conference of Central Asia (2022.04.29 – 2026.04.17)

Ecclesiastical Superiors of Uzbekistan (Roman Rite)

Fr. Krzysztof Kukulka, O.F.M. Conv.
(1997.09.29 – 2005.04.01)

Born:1959.01.20 (Poland)
Ordained Priest:1985.06.01

Ecclesiastical Superior of Uzbekistan (Uzbekistan) (1997.09.29 – 2005.04.01)

Special Churches

Churches by City (5)

Turkmenistan (↙), Atyrau (β†–), Most Holy Trinity in Almaty (↑), Kyrgyzstan (β†’), Tajikistan (β†˜), Afghanistan (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 447,400 kmΒ²

Population: 4,058 Catholics (0.0% of 35,491,400 total)

Pastoral Centres: 5 parishes, 2 missions

Personnel: 8 priests (2 diocesan, 6 religious), 26 religious (11 brothers, 15 sisters), 3 seminarians

Population

Pastoral Centres

Priests

Religious

Seminarians

Last updated on 2026.05.03

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