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Apostolic prefecture Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

Apostolic Prefecture of Ulaanbaatar

Ulaanbaataren(sis)

Latin Church

Latin-rite apostolic prefecture covering all of Mongolia, established as a mission sui iuris in 1992 after the fall of communism and elevated to an apostolic prefecture on 8 July 2002. Its principal church is the Cathedral of Sts. Peter and Paul in Ulaanbaatar, and it is led by Cardinal Giorgio Marengo, I.M.C.

On the map

Esri
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, drawn to the town rather than to the door: the register holds no verified address for its cathedral.

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Established
2002
Catholics
1,432
Priests
25
Territory
1,566,500 km²

Parishes and churches

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

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The bishop

Apostolic Prefect
Giorgio Marengo, I.M.C.

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The cathedral

Cathedral of Sts. Peter and Paul, Ulaanbaatar stands in Ulaanbaatar, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

All of Mongolia falls within a single Roman Catholic Latin jurisdiction, the Apostolic Prefecture of Ulaanbaatar (Latin: Praefectura Apostolica Ulaanbaatarensis), a pre-diocesan missionary territory. Its cathedral episcopal see is the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul in Ulaanbaatar, the nation's capital, and it is exempt, directly subject to the Holy See rather than part of any ecclesiastical province. A milestone came on 28 August 2016, when the prefecture celebrated the ordination of the first native Mongolian priest by Msgr. Wenceslao Padilla; other seminarians are currently studying in South Korea.

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