Ulaanbaatar Apostolic Prefecture
| Ulaanbaatar Apostolic Prefecture | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | Mongolia |
| Apostolic Prefect | Giorgio Marengo IMC |
| surface | 1,564,120 km² |
| Parishes | 6 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Residents | 3,046,396 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics | 1,222 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| proportion of | 0% |
| Diocesan priest | 7 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious priest | 26 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 37 |
| Friars | 30 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious sisters | 44 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Mongolian |
| cathedral | St. Peter and Paul |
| Website | catholicchurch-mongolia.mn |
The Apostolic Prefecture Ulaanbaatar ( latin praefectura Apostolica Ulaanbaatarensis , Mongolian Улаанбаатар хот дахь Апостолик Захиргаа ) is in the Mongolia preferred Roman Catholic Apostolic Prefecture based in Ulaanbaatar .
history
The mission sui juris Outer Mongolia was founded on March 14, 1922 by Pope Pius XI. Erected with the Apostolic Constitution In catholicae Ecclesiae from cessions of territory of the Apostolic Vicariate Inner Mongolia . In 1924 the Mission sui juris Outer Mongolia was renamed Mission sui juris Urga .
The Mission sui juris Urga was raised to the Apostolic Prefecture on July 8, 2002 by Pope John Paul II with the Apostolic Constitution De universa catholica and renamed the Apostolic Prefecture Ulaanbaatar .
Ordinaries
Superior of Outer Mongolia
- Girolamo Van Aertselaer CICM , 1922-1924
Superior by Urga
- Everard ter Laak CICM, 1924-1931
- Sedisvakanz , 1931-1992
- Wenceslao Selga Padilla CICM, 1992-2002
Apostolic Prefect of Ulaanbaatar
- Wenceslao Selga Padilla CICM, 2002-2018
- Giorgio Marengo IMC , since 2020
See also
Web links
- Homepage (English and Mongolian)
- Entry on Apostolic Prefecture Ulaanbaatar on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
- Entry on Apostolic Prefecture Ulaanbaatar on gcatholic.org (English)