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Apostolic administration Kyrgyzstan

Apostolic Administration of Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstanian(us)

Latin Church

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.

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The address the register holds for St. Michael's Cathedral, in Kyrgyzstan, Kyrgyzstan.

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Established
1997
Catholics
1,000
Priests
5
Territory
199,951 km²

Parishes and churches

5 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Apostolic Administrator
Anthony James Corcoran, S.J.

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The cathedral

St. Michael's Cathedral stands in Kyrgyzstan, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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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.

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