Apostolic Vicariate Nepal
| Apostolic Vicariate Nepal | |
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| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Nepal |
| Ecclesiastical province | Immediate |
| Apostolic Vicar | Paul Simick |
| Vicar General | Pius Perumana |
| surface | 147,181 km² |
| Parishes | 8 (2010 / AP2011 ) |
| Residents | 27,504,000 (2010 / AP2011 ) |
| Catholics | 7,731 (2010 / AP2011 ) |
| proportion of | 0% |
| Diocesan priest | 14 (2010 / AP2011 ) |
| Religious priest | 53 (2010 / AP2011 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 115 |
| Friars | 79 (2010 / AP2011 ) |
| Religious sisters | 160 (2010 / AP2011 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Nepali |
| cathedral | Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary |
The Apostolic Vicariate of Nepal ( lat. : Apostolicus Vicariatus Nepalianus ) is an in Nepal situated Roman Catholic Apostolic Vicariate based in Kathmandu .
history
Pope John Paul II founded the Mission sui juris Nepal on October 7, 1983 from cessions of territory from the Diocese of Patna . With the bull Cuncta disponere she was raised to the Apostolic Prefecture on November 8, 1996 .
On February 10, 2007 she was raised to the Apostolic Vicariate with the bull Ad aptius consulendum .
Vicars Apostolic
- Anthony Francis Sharma SJ (2007–2014, previously since 1984 Apostolic Superior, since 1996 Apostolic Prefect)
- Paul Simick (since 2014)