АНТОНИЙ КОРКОРАН ОИ – НОВОРУКОПОЛОЖЕННЫЙ ЕПИСКОП В КЫРГЫЗСТАНЕ

Father Anthony Korkoran, SJ, was ordained a bishop on September 29, 2026, at the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls in Rome. He currently serves as the Apostolic Administrator of the Catholic Church in the Kyrgyz Republic, a position he has held since 2017. He is the second bishop in the history of the Catholic Church in Kyrgyzstan.

Cardinal Giorgio Marengo, the Apostolic Prefect of Ulaanbaatar, served as the principal consecrator. Cardinal James Harvey, archpriest of the basilica, and Archbishop George Panamthundil, the Apostolic Nuncio to Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan, served as co-consecrators. The liturgy included eight other bishops and approximately 100 priests, including members of the Jesuit order.

The ceremony was attended by a delegation of state officials, representatives from the Catholic community in Kyrgyzstan, and guests from various countries, including family and friends of the new bishop from the United States.