Catholic Church in Mongolia

Roman Rite (1): Ulaanbaatar

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Apostolic Nunciature: Mongolia

International Meeting of Bishops’ Conferences: Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences (F.A.B.C.)

Catholic Population: 1,000 Catholics (0.0% of 3,384,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 8 parishes, 3 mission stations (without resident priest), 1 other centre

Clergy: 1 bishop (titular), 25 priests (6 diocesan, 19 religious)

Non-Clergy: 38 religious (5 brothers, 33 sisters), 6 major seminarians, 1 missionary, 35 catechists

Area: 1,553,556 km²

Population: 3,068,243

Religions: Buddhist 53%, Muslim 3%, Shamanist 2.9%, Christian 2.2%, other 0.4%, none 38.6%

Languages: Mongolian 90% (official) (Khalkha dialect is predominant), Turkic, Russian

Ethnic Groups: Khalkh 81.9%, Kazak 3.8%, Dorvod 2.7%, Bayad 2.1%, Buryat-Bouriates 1.7%, Zakhchin 1.2%, Dariganga 1%, Uriankhai 1%, other 4.6%