Catholic ChurchinRepublic of Turkiye (Turkiye) | ![]() |
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)
Formerly: Turkey
Continents: Central and Southwest Asia, East Europe
Capital: Ankara
Neighbouring Countries: ← Greece , ↖ Bulgaria
, ↗ Georgia
, → Armenia
, → Iran
, ↘ Iraq
, ↓ Syria
, ↓ Cyprus
Patriarchal Sees (Patriarchates) (1)
Metropolitan Sees (Archdioceses) (1)
Roman Rite (3): Anatolia, Istanbul, Izmir
Armenian Church (2): Cilicia, Istanbul
Chaldean Church (1): Diarbekir
Greek Church (1): Istanbul
Greek-Melkite Church (1): Istanbul
Maronite Church (1): Aleppo
Syriac Church (1): Turkiye
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Changes in Jurisdictions | Former Jurisdictions
Apostolic Nunciature: Turkiye
Conference of Bishops: Episcopal Conference of Turkiye
Patriarchal Synod: Synod of the Armenian Catholic Church
Patriarchal Synod: Synod of the Syriac Catholic Church
International Meeting of Bishops’ Conferences: Consilium Conferentiarum Episcopalium Europæ (C.C.E.E.)
Saints: 542 Saints, 16 Blesseds
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
Area: 769,632 km²
Population: 80,845,215
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)
Last updated on 2023.09.15
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