Why pilgrims come
A sacred place worth the journey.
Uzbekistan's Catholic cathedral, begun in 1912, diverted to secular uses under Soviet rule, restored to the Catholic community after independence, and now home to multilingual worship.
TraditionLatin Catholic
The pilgrim’s guide
What makes this visit meaningful
Tashkent's cathedral is both a recovered church and the spiritual center of Uzbekistan's tiny Catholic community. Move from its interrupted construction and Soviet repurposing to today's English, Russian, and Korean worship without treating the building only as an exotic neo-Gothic landmark.
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Suppression and restoration
Trace the unfinished church's Soviet secular use and return to Catholic worship.
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Multilingual Catholic community
Encounter the cathedral through the languages and people of its current liturgy.
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Central Asian neo-Gothic church
Study the architecture without allowing style to eclipse the living parish.