Episcopal Conference of Turkey is the committee meeting of the Catholic bishops in

Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...

of the various ritual churches. It is a member of the Council of European Episcopal Conferences (CCEE), and a guest member of the Southeast European Bishops' Conferences.

Catholics in Turkey

The Catholics make up 33,500 of the 130,000 Christians in Turkey. The vast majority are members of the Oriental Orthodox Church, with smaller number beings members of the Eastern Orthodox Church and even fewer Evangelical Protestants. The Roman Catholics or Latin-Rite Catholics are represented by apostolic vicars in Istanbul and Iskenderun and an archbishop in Izmir. The Armenian Catholics have an archbishop in Istanbul, the Syriac Catholics have an Patriarchal Exarch in Istanbul, the Chaldean Catholics have an archbishop in Diyarbakir, and the Greek Catholics have an apostolic exarch in Istanbul. *

Roman Catholic The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2025. It is among the world's oldest and largest international institut ...

: 20,000 *

Chaldean Catholic The Chaldean Catholic Church is an Eastern Catholic particular church ('' sui iuris'') in full communion with the Holy See and the rest of the Catholic Church, and is headed by the Chaldean Patriarchate. Employing in its liturgy the East Syri ...

: 8,000 - 48,594 *

Armenian Catholic Armenian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Armenia, a country in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia * Armenians, the national people of Armenia, or people of Armenian descent ** Armenian diaspora, Armenian communities around the ...

: 3,500 * Syriac Catholic: 2,000 *

Greek Catholic Greek Catholic Church or Byzantine-Catholic Church may refer to: * The Catholic Church in Greece * The Eastern Catholic Churches The Eastern Catholic Churches or Oriental Catholic Churches, also known as the Eastern-Rite Catholic Churches, Ea ...

: less than 50

Members of the Episcopal Conference

The Catholic Bishops' Conference of Turkey members include: *Chairman of the Bishops' Conference: Archbishop Yusuf Sag, Patriarchal Vicar of the

Syriac Catholic Church The Syriac Catholic Church is an Eastern Catholic '' sui iuris'' (self-governing) particular church that is in full communion with the Holy See and with the entirety of the Catholic Church. Originating in the Levant, it uses the West Syriac ...

*Vice Chair: Bishop Kevork Khazoumian, Coadjutor Bishop of Archeparchy of the Istanbul

Armenian Catholic Church The Armenian Catholic Church is an Eastern Catholic Churches, Eastern Catholic particular church ''sui iuris'' of the Catholic Church. It accepts the papal supremacy, leadership of the bishop of Rome, and is therefore in full communion with ...

*Archbishop Ruggero Franceschini, Archbishop and Metropolitan of Izmir *Archbishop Louis Pelâtre, AA, Apostolic Vicar of

Istanbul Istanbul is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, constituting the country's economic, cultural, and historical heart. With Demographics of Istanbul, a population over , it is home to 18% of the Demographics ...

and

Ankara Ankara is the capital city of Turkey and List of national capitals by area, the largest capital by area in the world. Located in the Central Anatolia Region, central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5,290,822 in its urban center ( ...

*Reverend Mar Francois Yakan, the Apostolic Administrator of the

Chaldean Catholic Church The Chaldean Catholic Church is an Eastern Catholic Churches, Eastern Catholic Catholic particular churches and liturgical rites, particular church (''sui iuris'') in full communion with the Holy See and the rest of the Catholic Church, and is ...

Commissioner for Human Rights

At the request of the Turkish bishops' conference was Dr. Otmar Oehring (Mission "missionary" in Aachen) to advocate for the Catholic churches in Turkey, appeal. In this role he sits on the European Episcopal Conferences (CCEE) and the European institutions for their interests and rights.

Chairmen

*Georges Antoine Dubois, OFMCap, Apostolic Vicar of Istanbul (1979-1989) * Giuseppe Germano Bernardini, OFMCap, Archbishop of Izmir (1989-1992) *Johannes Tcholakian, Archbishop of Istanbul (1992-1994) *Louis Pelâtre, AA, Apostolic Vicar of Istanbul (1994-2002) * Ruggero Franceschini, OFMCap, Archbishop of Izmir (2002-2007) *

Luigi Padovese Luigi Padovese (31 March 1947 – 3 June 2010) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who became a bishop and served as the Apostolic Vicar of Roman Catholic Apostolic Vicariate of Anatolia, Anatolia in Turkey. He was a Franciscan and a sc ...

, OFMCap, Apostolic Vicar of Anatolia (2007-2010) * Ruggero Franceschini, OFMCap, Archbishop of Izmir (since 2010)

References

Sources

External links

* http://ccee.ch/index.php?&na=1,2,0,0,d,98889 * http://www.konrad.org.tr/Migration%20dt/207-212.pdf * https://web.archive.org/web/20120805045939/http://www.sg.org.tr/gemeinde/ * http://www.missio-aachen.de/ * http://www.dbk.de/ * http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/conference/101.htm * https://web.archive.org/web/20131105201508/http://www.kirche-in-not.de/downloads/christen-in-der-tuerkei.pdf {{Catholic Church in Turkey

Catholic Church in Turkey