Apostolic Prefecture of Azerbaigian
Azerbaigianien(sis)
Apostolic prefecture · Latin Church · Azerbaigian, Azerbaijan
Latin-rite apostolic prefecture based in Baku, covering Azerbaijan, established 11 October 2000 as the Mission sui iuris of Baku and promoted to apostolic prefecture on 4 August 2011. It is exempt, directly subject to the Holy See, and served by Salesians of Don Bosco. Bishop Vladimir Fekete, S.D.B. has been prefect apostolic since 2011.
The see
- Rank
- Apostolic prefecture
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 4 August 2011
- Latin
- Azerbaigianien(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001000471
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 580
- Population
- 9,800,000
- Catholic share
- 0.0%
- Priests
- 24
- Catholics per priest
- 24
- Extent
- 86,600 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.0
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Prefect Apostolic
- Vladimir Fekete, S.D.B.
- Born
- 11 August 1955
- Birthplace
- Bratislava
- Institute
- SOCIETÀ SALESIANA DI S. GIOVANNI BOSCO (SALESIANI) (S.D.B.)
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Church of the Immaculate Conception stands in Azerbaigian, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
History
Catholic mission territory in Azerbaijan is organised as the Apostolic Prefecture of Azerbaijan, based in Baku, the capital. Exempt from any ecclesiastical province, it answers directly to the Holy See. Its presence in Baku comprises one church and four chapels, among them its pro-cathedral, the Church of the Immaculate Conception. The prefecture's legal standing rests on the local law of the Azerbaijan Republic, and it enjoys a special status through the Concordat signed by Pope John Paul II and former president Heydar Aliyev.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].