Catholic Church in Afghanistan

GPTKB entity

Statements (23)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Catholic Church jurisdiction
gptkbp:activity mainly humanitarian
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:Holy_See
gptkbp:catholicPopulation less than 200
gptkbp:currentEcclesiasticalSuperior Giovanni M. Scalese
gptkbp:denomination Catholic Church
gptkbp:ecclesiasticalJurisdiction Mission sui iuris of Afghanistan
gptkbp:established 2002
gptkbp:hasClergy mainly foreign
gptkbp:hasTemple 1
gptkbp:headOfState Ecclesiastical Superior
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Catholic Church in Afghanistan
gptkbp:legalStatus not officially recognized
gptkbp:location gptkb:Afghanistan
gptkbp:mainCathedral Our Lady of Divine Providence Chapel
gptkbp:mainChurchLocation Italian Embassy, Kabul
gptkbp:members mainly expatriates
gptkbp:notableEvent Mission sui iuris established by Pope John Paul II in 2002
gptkbp:persecutionLevel high
gptkbp:publicWorship restricted
gptkbp:rite gptkb:Latin_Rite
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Catholic_Church_in_Asia
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6