Catholic Church in Turkmenistan
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The Catholic Church in Turkmenistan is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome.
History
[edit ]All Catholic infrastructure in the country was destroyed by Soviet revolutionaries in the 1920s.[1] In 1997 a request was made to recognize the local Catholic community, but was refused since the local church was not headed by a Turkmen.[1] In July 2010, the Catholic Mission received official government recognition and plans were started to both ask permission to build a Catholic church, and to reclaim a Catholic Armenian church in Turkmenbasy that still stands in the west of the country, as well as a church building in Sendar.[1] In the early 2000s, Mass was celebrated at the apostolic nunciature in the capital and at parishioners' homes.[2]
In 2020, there were 3 priests in the country, serving 300 Catholics in one parish.[3]
See also
[edit ]- Religion in Turkmenistan
- Christianity in Turkmenistan
- Chapel of the Transfiguration, Ashgabat
- Mission sui iuris of Turkmenistan
External links
[edit ]References
[edit ]- ^ a b c Fides Staff (2010年07月15日). "ASIA/TURKMENISTAN - Local Catholic Church receives official government recognition". Fides. Archived from the original on 2013年04月14日. Retrieved 2013年02月05日.
- ^ Fides Staff (2006年09月15日). "ASIA/TURKMENISTAN - Minute Catholic community in a land of first evangelisation, despite little religious freedom and no place of worship, dreams of building its own church one day soon". Fides. Archived from the original on 2013年04月14日. Retrieved 2013年02月10日.
- ^ Catholics and Culture website, retrieved 2023年08月08日
