List of Catholic dioceses in Central Asia (original) (raw)

The Catholic church in Central Asia (the five ex-Soviet republics of western Turkestan, where Islam is very dominant) comprises solely a Latin hierarchy, consisting of: * a Latin ecclesiastical province in Kazachstan joint in a national episcopal conference with the (non-exempt!) Apostolic Administration of Atyrau * four exempt pre-diocesan jurisdictions (two apostolic administrations and two independent missions), without province or episcopal conference, one for the each of other four republics. There are no Eastern Catholic jurisdictions (although Nestorianism still remains in the region).