Mission Sui Iuris of Afghanistan
Afghanistanien(sis)
Mission sui iuris · Latin Church · Afghanistan
Latin-rite mission sui iuris covering Afghanistan, erected 16 May 2002 and entrusted to the Barnabites (Clerics Regular of St. Paul). Its base was the chapel of Our Lady of Divine Providence inside the Italian embassy in Kabul. Since the 2021 Taliban takeover the Catholic Church has had no functioning presence in the country and the mission operates in exile.
The see
- Rank
- Mission sui iuris
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 16 May 2002
- Latin
- Afghanistanien(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001000522
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 205
- Population
- 27,102,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 0.0%
- Priests
- 4
- Catholics per priest
- 51
- Extent
- 647,500 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.0
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Giovanni M. Scalese
- Born
- 19 August 1955
- Birthplace
- Roma
- Institute
- CHIERICI REGOLARI DI S. PAOLO (BARNABITI)
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Our Lady of Divine Providence Chapel, Kabul stands in Afghanistan, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
History
Covering the whole territory of Afghanistan, the Mission sui iuris of Afghanistan (Latin: Missio sui juris Afghanistaniensis) stands under the direct jurisdiction of the Catholic Church and is immediately subject to the Holy See. The Holy See established the mission and entrusted it to the Order of Clerics Regular of Saint Paul, the community known as the Barnabites. At its head is an Ecclesiastical Superior (Latin: Superior Ecclesiasticus), who acts as the Local Ordinary (Can. 134 §2).
How to reach it
- Diocesan offices
- Catholic Mission, c/o Embassy of Italy, Great Massoud Road, Shash Darak
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.