Apostolic Prefecture of Ulaanbaatar
Apostolic Prefecture of Ulaanbaatar Praefectura Apostolica Ulaanbaatarensis Улаанбаатар хот дахь Элч нарын эрх мэдэлд суурилсан шашны засаг захиргаа ᠤᠯᠠᠭᠠᠨᠪᠠᠭᠠᠲᠤᠷ ᠬᠣᠲᠠ ᠳ᠋ᠠᠬᠢ ᠡᠯᠴᠢ ᠨᠠᠷ ᠤᠨ ᠡᠷᠬᠡ ᠮᠡᠳᠡᠯ ᠳᠦ ᠰᠠᠭᠤᠷᠢᠯᠠᠭᠰᠠᠨ ᠱᠠᠰᠢᠨ ᠤ ᠵᠠᠰᠠᠭ ᠵᠠᠬᠢᠷᠭᠠ | |
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Roman Catholic | |
Rite | Latin Rite |
Cathedral | Cathedral of St Peter and St Paul, Ulaanbaatar |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Prefect Apostolic | Cardinal Giorgio Marengo I.M.C. |
Website | |
Website of the Prefecture |
The Apostolic Prefecture of Ulaanbaatar (
Roman Catholic Latin apostolic prefecture (pre-diocesan missionary jurisdiction) located in Mongolia
, with its territory consisting of the entire country.
Its cathedral episcopal see is the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul, in the capital city of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar.
It is exempt, i.e. directly subject to the Holy See, not part of any ecclesiastical province.
On 28 August 2016, the Apostolic Prefecture of Ulaanbaatar celebrated the ordination of the first native Mongolian priest by Msgr. Wenceslao Padilla. Other seminarians are studying currently in South Korea.
History
- Established on 14 March 1922 as Apostolic Vicariate of Central Mongolia
- Renamed in 1924 as Mission sui iuris of Urga (or Ulanbator)
- Promoted on 8 July 2002 as Apostolic Prefecture of Ulaanbaatar, but still not entitled to a titular bishop.
Statistics
As of 2014, the prefecture had 919 Catholics (0.03% of 3,227,000 total) on 1,564,120 km2 in six parishes and a mission with 17 priests (14 religious and three diocesan), 61 in religious life (43 female, 18 male) and 2 seminarians.
Ordinaries
- All missionary members of Latin congregations, notably Scheutists
- Ecclesiastical Superiors of Outer Mongolia
- Titular Bishop of Zaraï(1898-05-07 – 1924-01-12)
- Ecclesiastical Superiors of Urga = Urgoo (or Ulaanbaatar)
- Xiwanzi西灣子 (China) (1924-12-03 – 1931-05-05)
- Fr. Wenceslao Selga Padilla, C.I.C.M. (19 April 1992 – 8 July 2002; see below)
- Apostolic Prefects of Ulaanbaatar
- Titular Bishop of Tharros(2003-08-02 – 2018-09-25)
- Cardinal Giorgio Marengo, I.M.C. (2 April 2020 – present), Cardinal-Priest of San Giuda Taddeo Apostolo (2022–present)
See also
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