Catholic Church in Turkiye

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

by Type | by Name | by Ecclesiastical Province
Changes in Jurisdictions | Former Jurisdictions

Apostolic Nunciature: Turkiye

International Meeting of Bishops’ Conferences: Consilium Conferentiarum Episcopalium Europæ (C.C.E.E.)

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)

Catholic Church