Apostolic Prefecture of Ulaanbaatar
Ulaanbaataren(sis)
Apostolic prefecture · Latin Church · Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
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.
The see
- Rank
- Apostolic prefecture
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 30 April 2002
- Latin
- Ulaanbaataren(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001000496
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,432
- Population
- 3,450,066
- Catholic share
- 0.0%
- Priests
- 25
- Catholics per priest
- 57
- Extent
- 1,566,500 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 Prefect
- Giorgio Marengo, I.M.C.
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
Cathedral of Sts. Peter and Paul, Ulaanbaatar stands in Ulaanbaatar, 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
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.
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].