The Catholic Bishops' Conference of Central Asia is the

episcopal conference An episcopal conference, sometimes called a conference of bishops, is an official assembly of the bishops of the Catholic Church in a given territory. Episcopal conferences have long existed as informal entities. The first assembly of bishops to ...

Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki ...

Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan,, pronounced or the Kyrgyz Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Asia. Kyrgyzstan is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the south, and the People's Republic of China to the east. ...

and

Uzbekistan Uzbekistan (, ; uz, Ozbekiston, italic=yes / , ; russian: Узбекистан), officially the Republic of Uzbekistan ( uz, Ozbekiston Respublikasi, italic=yes / ; russian: Республика Узбекистан), is a doubly landlocked cou ...

, and also covering the Catholic structures of

Tajikistan Tajikistan (, ; tg, Тоҷикистон, Tojikiston; russian: Таджикистан, Tadzhikistan), officially the Republic of Tajikistan ( tg, Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон, Jumhurii Tojikiston), is a landlocked country in Centr ...

and

Turkmenistan Turkmenistan ( or ; tk, Türkmenistan / Түркменистан, ) is a country located in Central Asia, bordered by Kazakhstan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, east and northeast, Afghanistan to the southeast, Iran to the sout ...

History

In Kazakhstan from 2003 existed the Bishops' Conference of Kazakhstan, while in other Central Asian states existed only pre-diocesan jurisdictions. On 8 September 2021 was established the new governing body – the Bishops' Conference of Central Asia by the

Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples A congregation is a large gathering of people, often for the purpose of worship. Congregation may also refer to: * Church (congregation), a Christian organization meeting in a particular place for worship *Congregation (Roman Curia), an administr ...

, and Bishops' Conference of Kazakhstan become as a part of this new creation. The new Conference began to operate in April 2022.{{Cite web, title=Bishops’ Conference of Central Asia, url=http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/conference/116.htm, access-date=2022-06-18, website=Gcatholic.org, language=

Structure of the Conference

The governing body was elected on 29 April 2022 President of the Conference: Bishop

José Luís Mumbiela Sierra José Luis Mumbiela Sierra (born 27 May 1969 in Monzón, Spain) is a Spanish-born Roman Catholic prelate and Bishop of the Holy Trinity Diocese in Almaty. He was ordained on 25 June 1995 and was incardinated in the diocese of Lleida. In 1998 beg ...

Vice-president of the Conference: Bishop

Jerzy Maculewicz Bishop Jerzy Maculewicz, O.F.M.Conv. (born 30 May 1955) is a Roman Catholic prelate who serves as the first Apostolic Administrator of the Apostolic Administration of Uzbekistan and Titular Bishop of Nara since 1 April 2005. Education Bishop Mac ...

, O.F.M.Conv. General Secretary: Bishop

Yevgeniy Zinkovskiy Bishop Yevgeniy Zinkovskiy ( kz, Евгений Зинковский; born 27 July 1975) is a Kazakh Roman Catholic prelate, who currently serves as the Titular Bishop of Maiuca and Auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Karaganda sin ...

References

External links

Profile at GCatholic.org

Central Asia Central Asia, also known as Middle Asia, is a subregion, region of Asia that stretches from the Caspian Sea in the west to western China and Mongolia in the east, and from Afghanistan and Iran in the south to Russia in the north. It includes t ...

Catholic Church in Kazakhstan Catholic Church in Kyrgyzstan Catholic Church in Tajikistan Catholic Church in Turkmenistan Catholic Church in Uzbekistan

History

Structure of the Conference

See also

References

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