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The Catholic Church in Turkey is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope and the canonical leadership of the curia in Rome that is submitted to the Pope.

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Demographics

In the 2000s, there are around 25,000 Roman Catholics,[https://www.state.gov/reports/2022-report-on-international-religious-freedom/turkey US State Dept 2022 report] constituting 0.05% of the population. The faithful follow the Latin, Byzantine, Armenian and Chaldean Rites. Most Latin Church Catholics are Levantines of mainly Italian or French background, with a few are ethnic Turks, who are usually either converts via marriage to Levantines or other non-Turkish Catholics, or are returnees from Europe who converted there, and who may often be still registered as Muslim by the government. Byzantine, Armenian, and Chaldean rite Catholics are generally members of the Greek, Armenian, and Assyrian minority groups respectively. Turkey's Catholics are concentrated in Istanbul.

By 2020, there were approximately 70 priests and 50 nuns serving in 52 parishes;[https://www.catholicsandcultures.org/turkey Catholics and Culture website, retrieved 2023-08-08] the church also ran 6 hospitals and homes for the old and infirm.

Persecution

The Catholic Christian community was shocked when Father Andrea Santoro, an Italian missionary working in Turkey for 10 years, was shot twice in February 2006 at his church near the Black Sea.{{cite web | date= February 6, 2006| title= Priest's killing shocks Christians in Turkey | work=Catholic World News | url=http://www.cwnews.com/news/viewstory.cfm?recnum=42255 | access-date=2006-06-26}} He had written a letter to the Pope asking him to visit Turkey.{{cite web | date= February 9, 2006| title=Priest Slain in Turkey Had Sought Pope Visit | website=The New York Times | agency=Reuters | url=https://www.nytimes.com/glogin?URI=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/09/international/europe/09vatican.html&OQ=_rQ3D1Q26nQ3DTopQ252fReferenceQ252fTimesQ2520TopicsQ252fOrganizationsQ252fRQ252fRomanQ2520CatholicQ2520ChurchQ2520&OP=789afff8Q2FQ3DQ2AdUQ3DcN_PQ27NNibQ3Db77(Q3D7bQ3D7TQ3DQ24aidQ27auiQ24NauxQ3DdSQ27NQ3FdQ3D7TQ5DuiQ24_ua2Q7CiQ51x | access-date=2006-06-26}} Pope Benedict XVI visited Turkey in November 2006.{{cite web | date= February 9, 2006| title= Confirmed: Pope to visit Turkey in November | work=Catholic World News | url=http://www.cwnews.com/news/viewstory.cfm?recnum=42328 | access-date=2006-06-26}} Relations had been rocky since Pope Benedict XVI had stated his opposition to Turkey joining the European Union.{{cite web | author=Donovan, Jeffrey | date= April 20, 2005| title= World: New Pope Seen As Maintaining Roman Catholic Doctrinal Continuity | work=Radio Free Europe | url=http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2005/04/b1b15b4e-bf68-4fc8-bd03-c6552f9d067a.html | access-date=2006-06-26}} Turkey's Council of Catholic Bishops met with the Turkish prime minister in 2004 to discuss restrictions and difficulties such as property issues.{{cite web | date= September 15, 2004| title=Turkey | work=International Religious Freedom Report 2004| url=https://2001-2009.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2004/35489.htm | access-date=2006-06-26}} On June 6, 2010, Bishop Luigi Padovese, the Vicar Apostolic of Anatolia, was killed.

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Organization

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See also

References

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External links

  • [http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/data/countryTR.htm The Catholic Church in Turkey] by GCatholic.org

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