Azerbaijan Apostolic Prefecture
| Azerbaijan Apostolic Prefecture | |
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| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Azerbaijan |
| Ecclesiastical province | Immediate |
| Apostolic Prefect | Vladimir Fekete SDS |
| Emeritus superior |
Ján Čapla SDB Jozef Dniel Pravda SDB |
| founding | October 11, 2000 |
| surface | 86,600 km² |
| Parishes | 1 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
| Residents | 9,400,000 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
| Catholics | 540 ( 12/31/2014 / AP2015 ) |
| proportion of | 0% |
| Religious priest | 6 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 90 |
| Friars | 10 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
| Religious sisters | 4 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Azerbaijani |
| cathedral | Church of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary |
| Website | http://www.catholic.az/ |
The Apostolic Prefecture Azerbaijan ( lat. : Apostolica praefectura Bakuensis ) is in Azerbaijan preferred Roman Catholic Apostolic Prefecture based in Baku .
history
The Mission sui juris Baku was established on October 11, 2000 from the cession of territory by the Apostolic Administration of the Caucasus . Pope John Paul II visited the small Catholic community in Azerbaijan in May 2002. Benedict XVI. raised on August 4, 2011 with the bull De iuvandis the Mission sui juris to the Apostolic Prefecture, which was named Apostolic Prefecture Azerbaijan. The first Apostolic Prefect, Vladimir Fekete SDB, was raised to the rank of bishop by Pope Francis in December 2017 .
Ordinaries
Apostolic Superiors of Baku
- Jozef Dniel Pravda SDS (2000-2003)
- Ján Čapla SDS (2003-2009)
- Vladimir Fekete SDS (2009-2011)
Apostolic Prefect of Azerbaijan
- Vladimir Fekete SDS (since 2011)
statistics
| year | population | priest | Permanent deacons | Religious | Parishes | ||||||
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| Catholics | Residents | % | Total number | Diocesan priest | Religious priest | Catholics per priest | Friars | Religious sisters | |||
| 2001 | 120 | 7,558,000 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 | 60 | 3 | 1 | |||
| 2007 | 390 | 7,600,000 | 0.0 | 4th | 4th | 97 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 1 | |
| 2010 | 498 | 9,000,000 | 0.0 | 5 | 5 | 99 | 7th | 5 | 1 | ||
| 2014 | 540 | 9,400,000 | 0.0 | 6th | 6th | 90 | 10 | 4th | 1 | ||
Web links
- Entry on Azerbaijan Apostolic Prefecture on gcatholic.org (English)
- Entry on Azerbaijan Apostolic Prefecture on catholic-hierarchy.org