Apostolic Administration of Uzbekistan
Usbekistanian(us)
Apostolic administration · Latin Church · Uzbekistan
Latin rite apostolic administration covering all of Uzbekistan, exempt and directly subject to the Holy See, with its seat at the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Tashkent. Begun 29 September 1997 as a mission sui iuris separated from the Apostolic Administration of Kazakhstan, it was promoted to an apostolic administration on 1 April 2005.
The see
- Rank
- Apostolic administration
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1 April 2005
- Latin
- Usbekistanian(us)
- Patron
- san Juan Pablo II
- Annuario code
- 001000520
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 3,098
- Priests
- 9
- Catholics per priest
- 344
- Extent
- 447,400 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.0
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Jerzy Maculewicz, O.F.M. Conv.
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus stands in Uzbekistan, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
History
Catholics of Uzbekistan (West Turkistan, Central Asia) are served by the Apostolic Administration of Uzbekistan, a Latin Church pre-diocesan jurisdiction of the Roman Catholic Church that began as an Independent Mission. Exempt, meaning directly subject to the Holy See and outside any ecclesiastical province, it is entitled to a titular bishop. Its episcopal see is the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Tashkent, the national capital.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].