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Catholic ChurchinTurkmenistan |
Also known as: Turkmenistán (español), le Turkménistan (français), Turkmenistan (Deutsch, Italiano, polski), Turquemenistão (Português), Туркмения (русский язык),
Continent: Central and Southwest Asia
Capital: Ashgabat
Area: 469,930 km²
Population: 5,351,277
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%
Neighbouring Countries: ↙ Iran , ↖ Kazakhstan , ↗ Uzbekistan , ↘ Afghanistan
Circumscriptions (2): Apostolic Administrations (1), Missions “sui juris” (1)
Roman Rite (1): Turkmenistan
Ruthenian Church (1): Kazakhstan and Central Asia
by Type | by Name | by Ecclesiastical Province
Changes in Circumscriptions | Former Circumscriptions
Bishops: by Age | by Name | by Precedence | Jubilarians | Recent Events
Special Churches: Cathedrals (1)
Apostolic Nunciature: Turkmenistan
International Meeting of Bishops’ Conferences: Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences (F.A.B.C.)
as of 2021.03.13
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