Parish of Santa Maria (Ferganá)

Marian Invocation of Ferganá (National)
Recognized by the Church

The parish of Santa Maria is located in the city of Ferganá and is one of the five Catholic parishes of Uzbekistan, along with Tashkent, Samarkand, Bujará and Urgench. It is part of the Apostolic Administration of Uzbekistan, which was established in 1997. His own name, Santa Maria, places it among the few explicit Marian claims documented in the country.

Main data

Origin and history

The parish of Santa Maria is located in the city of Ferganá and is one of the five Catholic parishes of Uzbekistan, along with Tashkent, Samarkand, Bujará and Urgench. It is part of the Apostolic Administration of Uzbekistan, which was established in 1997. His own name, Santa Maria, places it among the few explicit Marian claims documented in the country.

The image and the sanctuary

The parish is dedicated to Santa Maria, without having a more precise title (Dolorosa, Immaculate, del Rosario or another) in the accessible sources. It also does not contain the description of a specific titular Marian image, nor news of coronations, exvotes or public miracles. What can be said with certainty is the existence of a parish dedicated to Santa Maria in Ferganá.

Sponsorship and coronation

There is no record of formal patronage or canonical coronation.

Party and devotion

There is no party of its own with a date other than the generals. From testimonies about the Church in Uzbekistan it is known that the Rosary and the main Marian parties (Immaculate, Asunción) are held intensively in the parishes, although the sources do not identify the details of Ferganá.

Link to the Rosary

As a Latin Catholic parish dedicated to the Virgin, she maintains the prayer of the Rosary and the ordinary Marian devotions. In a small and minority Church, Marian devotion, and the Rosary in particular, are spiritual refuge and support of the faith of the community.