Mission sui iuris Turkmenistan
Mission Sui Iuris of Turkmenistan
Turcmenistanian(us)
Latin Church
Latin Church mission sui iuris erected 29 September 1997 from the Apostolic Administration of Kazakhstan, headquartered in Ashgabat and immediately subject to the Holy See. The Catholic community is tiny (roughly 150 worshippers as of 2014); founding superior Fr. Andrzej Madej, O.M.I. resigned 22 June 2025 and the office is vacant per catholic-hierarchy.org.
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- Established
- 1997
- Territory
- 488,000 km²
Parishes and churches
1 listed church in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
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The bishop
- Bishop
- Andrzej Madej
- Born
- 6 October 1951
- Birthplace
- Kazimierz Dolny
- Institute
- MISSIONARI OBLATI DI MARIA IMMACOLATA
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History
For the Catholics of Turkmenistan there exists a Latin Church mission sui iuris, a pre-diocesan jurisdiction that is exempt, meaning directly subject to the Holy See and outside any ecclesiastical province. Its headquarters are in the Turkmen capital Aşgabat, though it has no see.
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