Apostolic Administration of Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstanian(us)
Apostolic administration · Latin Church · Kyrgyzstan
The Apostolic Administration of Kyrgyzstan is a Latin-rite jurisdiction covering the whole of Kyrgyzstan, separated from the Apostolic Administration of Kazakhstan as a mission sui iuris on 22 December 1997 and elevated to an apostolic administration on 18 March 2006. It is exempt, directly subject to the Holy See, with parishes in Bishkek, Talas and Jalalabad serving roughly 1,000 Catholics, largely of Polish, German or Korean heritage. Apostolic Administrator Anthony James Corcoran, S.J., was appointed on 29 August 2017.
The see
- Rank
- Apostolic administration
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 18 March 2006
- Latin
- Kyrgyzstanian(us)
- Annuario code
- 001000517
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,000
- Population
- 7,000,000
- Catholic share
- 0.0%
- Priests
- 5
- Catholics per priest
- 200
- Extent
- 199,951 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
- Apostolic Administrator
- Anthony James Corcoran, S.J.
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
St. Michael's Cathedral stands in Kyrgyzstan, 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
For the Catholics of Kyrgyzstan (West Turkistan, Central Asia), the Latin Church maintains the Apostolic Administration of Kyrgyzstan, a pre-diocesan jurisdiction that began as an Independent Mission. Exempt, that is, directly subject to the Holy See and attached to no ecclesiastical province, it has as yet no (pro-)cathedral see. Three parishes serve the territory, at Bishkek, Talas, and Jalalabad, and most parishioners are of Polish, German or Korean background.
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].