Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Apostolic Prefecture
| Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Apostolic Prefecture | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | Russia |
| Ecclesiastical province | Immediate |
| Apostolic Administrator | Cyryl Klimowicz |
| founding | July 18, 1932 |
| surface | 40,000 km² |
| Parishes | 7 (2004) |
| Residents | 515,000 (2004) |
| Catholics | 2,100 (2004) |
| proportion of | 0.4% |
| Religious priest | 2 (2004) |
| Catholics per priest | 1,050 |
| Friars | 2 (2004) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Russian |
The Apostolic Prefecture of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk (Latin: Apostolica Praefectura Sachaliniana Meridionalis ) located in Russia was spun off from the Apostolic Vicariate of Sapporo in Japan on July 18, 1932 as Mission sui juris Karafuto .
Elevated to the Apostolic Prefecture on May 21, 1938 , it changed its name on April 10, 2002 from " Karafuto " to Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk . With a size of 40,000 km² and eight parishes, it includes both the south of Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands and has only 2,100 Catholics (0.4%) and two religious priests .
The prefecture has been represented by an Apostolic Administrator since 1953 , who was the Bishop of Sapporo until 1989 and who has been in charge of the Bishop of Irkutsk since 2002 .
Apostolic Prefects
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Felice Herrmann OFM (1938–1941)
- Toda Lorenzo Tatewaki (Apostolic Administrator 1941 to 1944)
- Agostino Isamu Seno (1944–1953)
- Benedict Takahiko Tomizawa , Bishop of Sapporo and Ap. Prefect from 1953 to 1989
- Jerzy Mazur (2002-2003)
- Cyryl Klimowicz (since 2003)