Catholic Church in Turkiye (original) (raw)

Also known as: Türkei (Deutsch), Turquía (español), la Turquie (français), Turchia (Italiano), Turcja (polski), Turquia (Português), Türkiye (Türkmen), 土耳其 (正體中文), トルコ (日本語), Turcia (latine)

Celebrations

Documents and Celebrations

Papal Visits

• 2014.11.28 – 2014.11.30: Apostolic Journey to Turkiye
• 2006.11.28 – 2006.12.01: Apostolic Journey to Turkiye
• 1979.11.28 – 1979.11.30: Apostolic Journey to Turkiye
• 1967.06.25 – 1967.06.26: Apostolic Journey to Turkiye

Geography

Continents: Central and Southwest Asia, East Europe

Capital: Ankara

Area: 769,632 km²

Population: 80,845,215

Former Name: Turkey

Neighbouring Countries: ← Greece , ↖ Bulgaria , ↗ Georgia , → Armenia , → Iran , ↘ Iraq , ↓ Syria , ↓ Cyprus

Cultural Summary

Religions: Muslim 99.8% (mostly Sunni), other 0.2% (mostly Christians and Jews)

Languages: Turkish (official), Kurdish, other minority languages

Ethnic Groups: Turkish 70-75%, Kurdish 19%, other minorities 7-12%

Motto: Yurtta sulh, cihanda sulh (Turkish) (Turkish, Peace in the homeland, peace in the world)

Statistics (2021.12.31)

Area: 774,815 km²

Catholic Population: 36,000 Catholics (0.0% of 84,147,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 48 parishes, 1 mission station (without resident priest), 28 other centres

Clergy: 10 bishops (4 diocesan, 6 titular), 103 priests (20 diocesan, 83 religious), 12 permanent deacons (3 diocesan, 9 religious)

Non-Clergy: 82 religious (9 brothers, 73 sisters), 2 members of secular institutes (sisters), 5 major seminarians, 16 missionaries, 83 catechists