Jurisdiction: | Apostolic Vicariate |
Anatolia | |
Latin: | Vicariatus Apostolicus Anatoliensis |
Local: | Anadolu Havarisel Vekilliği |
Country: | Turkey |
Metropolitan: | None (immediately subject to the Holy See) |
Rite: | Latin Rite |
Cathedral: | Cathedral of the Annunciation, İskenderun |
Cocathedral: | Co-Cathedral of St. Anthony of Padua, Mersin |
Population As Of: | 2010 |
Catholics: | 4,363 |
Bishop: | Paolo Bizzeti |
Bishop Title: | Apostolic Vicar |
Auxiliary Bishops: | Antuan Ilgit |
Map: | Apostolicus Vicariatus Anatoliensis.svg |
Website: | Website of the Vicariate |
The Apostolic Vicariate of Anatolia (Latin: Vicariatus Apostolicus Anatoliensis, Turkish: Anadolu Havarisel Vekilliği) is a Roman Catholic Latin apostolic vicariate in the eastern half of Anatolia (Asian Turkey).
The missionary pre-diocesan jurisdiction is not part of any ecclesiastical province. It is under the direction of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches, an unusual structure for a Latin see, and directly dependent on the Holy See.
Its cathedral seat is the Marian Cathedral of the Annunciation in İskenderun (Alexandria). It has the Co-Cathedral of St. Anthony of Padua in Mersin as well.
As of 2020, the vicariate, which covers 450k square kilometers, had six parishes and two missions to serve a thousand Turkish Christians as well as Christian refugees from Syria, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan.[2]