Apostolic Administration of Kyrgyzstan

Apostolic administration of Apostolic Administration of Kyrgyzstan

*Administratio Apostolica Kyrgyzstaniana*
Apostolic administration of Apostolic Administration of Kyrgyzstan; Administratio Apostolica Kyrgyzstaniana
Location
Country	Kyrgyzstan
Ecclesiastical province	Immediately subject to the Holy See
Statistics
Area	199,951 km2 (77,202 sq mi)
Population Total; Catholics;	(as of 2024); 7000000; 1000 (0.01%%);
Parishes	4
Information
Rite	Latin
Established	22 December 1997 (as Mission sui iuris); 18 March 2006 (as Apostolic Administration)
Cathedral	St. Michael's Cathedral (under construction in Bishkek)
Secular priests	5
Current leadership
Apostolic Administrator	Anthony James Corcoran, SJ
Bishops emeritus	Janez Mihelčič, SJ (Apostolic Administrator Emeritus)
Website
	www.catholic.kg

The Apostolic Administration of Kyrgyzstan is a Catholic (Latin Church) Apostolic Administration (pre-diocesan jurisdiction; originally an Independent Mission) for the Catholics of Kyrgyzstan (West Turkistan, Central Asia).

It is exempt, i.e. directly subject to the Holy See (not part of any ecclesiastical province) and has no (pro-)cathedral see yet.

The area has three parishes, Bishkek, Talas, and Jalalabad.^[1] Most parishioners have a Polish, German or Korean background.^[2]

History

On 22 December 1997, the Holy See established the Mission sui iuris of Kyrgyzstan on territory split off from the then Apostolic Administration of Kazakhstan (shortly after promoted to Diocese of Karaganda, after missiones sui iuris were also split off for Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, all in 1997).

On 18 March 2006, the independent mission was promoted as Apostolic Administration.