Roman Catholicism in Turkmenistan

The mission sui juris Turkmenistan (Latin: Missio sui iuris Turcmenistanianus ) is an administrative district of the Roman Catholic Church, which is congruent with the territory of the Republic of Turkmenistan.

The Turkmen mission sui juris is headquartered in the capital Ashgabat and covers an area of ​​488,000 km ². Guided by the Oblate Fathers ( OMI ), it was dissolved on 29 September 1997 from the Apostolic Administration of Kazakhstan and independent entity with a single parish. The constant 500 Catholics were two religious priests in two parishes looked after (as of 2001). First local Ordinary since 1997 Andrzej Madej, OMI.