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Prefecture Apostolic of Ulaanbaatar

Praefectura Apostolica Ulaanbaatarensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Giorgio Marengo, I.M.C., Cardinal, Prefect

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Prefecture Apostolic
  • Elevated: 8 July 2002
  • Prefecture
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Mongolia
  • Square Kilometers: 1,564,120 (604,141 Square Miles)
  • Mailing Address: P.O. Box 694, Bayanzurkh District, 18th Sub-District, 13th Micro-District, Ulaan-Baatar, Mongolia
  • Telephone: (11)45.88.25; 45.25.75

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Mission "Sui Iuris" of Outer Mongolia
14 March 1922ErectedVicariate Apostolic of Central Mongolia {Mongolia Centrale} Mission "Sui Iuris" of Outer Mongolia (erected)
Mission "Sui Iuris" of Urga
1924Name ChangedMission "Sui Iuris" of Outer Mongolia Mission "Sui Iuris" of Urga
Prefecture Apostolic of Ulaanbaatar
8 July 2002ElevatedMission "Sui Iuris" of Urga Prefecture Apostolic of Ulaanbaatar

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Mission "Sui Iuris" of Urga
19993,0762,400,000.1%145615710ap2000
2001942,400,000.0%246157141ap2002
Prefecture Apostolic of Ulaanbaatar
20021142,400,000.0%2791217171ap2003
20031322,400,000.0%29111213232ap2004
20041682,400,000.0%212141214273ap2005
20106562,955,800.0%515203220454ap2011
20149193,227,000.0%314175418436ap2015
20171,2223,046,396.0%726333730446ap2018
20201,3543,278,290.0%518235829369ap2021

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Prefecture Apostolic of Ulaanbaatar
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 94, Page 512, and Page 513

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