Catholic Church in Kazakhstan
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The Catholic Church in Kazakhstan is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the pope in Rome.
Demographics
The 2021 census noted that
In 2020, there were 104 priests and 133 nuns serving 81 parishes in the country.[4]
In 2007, most Catholics in the country were ethnic Poles, Germans and Lithuanians; the population of Catholics had decreased after the fall of communism as many German Catholics emigrated to Germany.
History
In the second century AD, Christian
A
Communist period
The head of the
1991 to the present
With the fall of communism in 1991, the Catholic community fully came back out into the open.
Bishop José Luis Mumbiela Sierra, of Almaty Diocese, described the variety of the Catholic population in Kazakhstan during a conference with Aid to the Church in Need: "A large proportion of the Catholics live in the north of the country, where there is a Polish majority. In the larger cities there is a bigger mix of people. For example, there are many Koreans, from past deportations, who are Catholic. There are also people from non-Christian populations who converted to Catholicism. It is like a river that keeps flowing, because people are attracted by the Church’s message."[13]
In 2008, the Church in Kazakhstan affirmed its Asiatic identity when its episcopal conference was formally accepted into the Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences.[3]
In 2022 three of the Catholic Church's bishops issued calls for peace, following the episodes of civil unrest that led to hundreds of deaths in the country.[14]
Byzantine Rite faithful
In 1996 here was appointed by the Holy See an Apostolic Visitor, who was replaced in 2002 by
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Catholic Archdiocese of Mary Most Holy in Astana
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Catholic Diocese of Karaganda
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Catholic Diocese of Most Holy Trinity in Almaty
See also
- Religion in Kazakhstan
- Christianity in Kazakhstan
- Eastern Orthodoxy in Kazakhstan
- List of Saints from Asia
References
- ^ "2021 жылғы Қазақстан Республикасы халқының ұлттық санағының қорытындылары" [Results of the 2021 Population Census of the Republic of Kazakhstan] (in Kazakh). Agency of Strategic Planning and Reforms of the Republic of Kazakhstan National Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original on 2 September 2022. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
- ^ World Religion Database at the ARDA website, retrieved 2023-08-08
- ^ a b c d e f "Church in Kazakhstan Affirms Asiatic Identity". Zenit News Agency. 2008-04-17. Archived from the original on 2008-04-21. Retrieved 2008-11-18.
- ^ Catholics And Culture website, retrieved 2023-08-08
- ^ a b "KAZAKHSTAN UCAN Interview - Chairman Of Kazakhstan's Bishops Hopes For Local Vocations". Union of Catholic Asian News. 2007-12-26. Archived from the original on 2009-01-08. Retrieved 2008-11-19.
- ^ EWTN website
- ISBN 0-8223-1047-3.
- ^ "KAZAKHSTAN Greek Catholic Church Gets First Locally Ordained Priest". Union of Catholic Asian News. 2007-07-04. Archived from the original on 2009-01-08. Retrieved 2008-11-18.
- ^ a b c "KAZAKHSTAN POPE ERECTS NEW DIOCESE, THREE APOSTOLIC ADMINISTRATIONS". Union of Catholic Asian News. 1999-08-18. Archived from the original on October 15, 2013. Retrieved 2008-11-18.
- ^ Zenit Staff (2003-05-18). "Two New Dioceses Erected in Kazakhstan". Zenit News Agency. Archived from the original on 2011-06-07. Retrieved 2008-11-18.
- ^ "KAZAKHSTAN Bishop Schneider Installed, First Auxiliary Bishop In Central Asia". Union of Catholic Asian News. 2006-08-01. Archived from the original on October 15, 2013. Retrieved 2008-11-19.
- ^ "KAZAKHSTAN First Priestly Ordination Ceremony Held On Kazakh Soil". Union of Catholic Asian News. 2006-06-12. Archived from the original on October 15, 2013. Retrieved 2008-11-18.
- ^ ACN (2022-09-12). "Pope Francis in Kazakhstan: The spirit of Assisi". ACN International. Retrieved 2022-11-02.
- ^ ACN (2022-01-12). "Catholic bishops of Kazakhstan request prayers for peace in the country". ACN International. Retrieved 2022-11-02.
- ^ "Erezione dell'Amministrazione Apostolica per i fedeli cattolici di rito bizantino in Kazakhstan e nell'Asia Centrale con sede a Karaganda e nomina dell'Amministratore Apostolico". Official Website of the Holy See (in Italian). Retrieved 20 November 2019.