Apostolic Prefecture of Azerbaijan

Last updated
Apostolic Prefecture of Azerbaijan

Praefectura Apostolica Azerbaigianiensis

Azərbaycan Həvari Prefekti
Apostolic Prefecture of Baku.jpg
Coat of arms of Prefecture
Location
CountryFlag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan
Statistics
Area86,600 km2 (33,400 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2017)
9,800,000
580 (0%)
Information
Denomination Roman Catholic
Sui iuris church Latin Church
Rite Latin Rite
Established4 August 2011
Cathedral Church of the Immaculate Conception
Current leadership
Apostolic PrefectBishop Vladimir Fekete, S.D.B. [1]
Website
Website of the Prefecture

The Apostolic Prefecture of Azerbaijan is a Roman Catholic Apostolic Prefecture (missionary jurisdiction) in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. It is exempt, i.e. directly subject to the Holy See, not part of any ecclesiastical province. It has one church and four chapels situated in Baku, including its pro-cathedral the Church of the Immaculate Conception. Its legal status is ensured by the local law of the Azerbaijan Republic and has a special status thanks to the Concordat signed by Pope John Paul II and former president Heydar Aliyev.

Contents

Church of the Immaculate Conception in Baku, Azerbaijan Baku Azerbaijan Church of the Immaculate Conception.jpg
Church of the Immaculate Conception in Baku, Azerbaijan

History

It was established on 11 October 2000 as Mission sui iuris of Baku, on territory split from the Apostolic Administration of the Caucasus. On 4 August 2011, it was promoted as Apostolic Prefecture of Azerbaijan. [2]

Incumbents

So far, there are three Monastic Orders: Salesians of Don Bosco (S.D.B.), Missionaries of Charity (C.M) (also known as Sisters of Mother Teresa) and Salesian Sisters (F.M.A.). There is no diocesan priest and only seven of the Salesian community are Catholic priests.

Apostolic Prefects of Azerbaijan

See also

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Roman Catholic Diocese of Ratchaburi</span> Roman Catholic diocese in Thailand

The Diocese of Ratchaburi is a Latin suffragan diocese of the archdiocese of Bangkok in western central Thailand.

An apostolic prefect or prefect apostolic is a priest who heads what is known as an apostolic prefecture, a 'pre-diocesan' missionary jurisdiction where the Catholic Church is not yet sufficiently developed to have it made a diocese. Although it usually has an (embryonal) see, it is often not called after such city but rather after a natural feature, or administrative geographical area, which may be a name in use by the local inhabitants, or one assigned by a colonial authority, depending on the circumstances under which the prefecture was established.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Catholic Church in Azerbaijan</span>

The Catholic Church in Azerbaijan is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome. There are about 570 local Catholics in the country as of 2016. Azerbaijan is covered entirely by a single Apostolic Prefecture – Apostolic Prefecture of Baku – since 2011. The community is served by seven Salesian priests and two friars. In addition, there is a mission of the Missionaries of Charity.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Catholic Church in Western Sahara</span> Catholic missionary jurisdiction in Africa

The Catholic Church in Western Sahara is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Catholic Church in Uruguay</span> Roman Catholic Church in Uruguay

The Catholic Church in Uruguay is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the pope.

The Apostolic Vicariate of Gambella is a Catholic missionary pre-diocesan jurisdiction in the western part of Ethiopia.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tokyo</span> Roman Catholic archdiocese in Japan

The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tokyo is a Latin Church metropolitan archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Japan. It was erected as the Apostolic Vicariate of Japan on May 1, 1846, by Pope Gregory XVI, and its name was later changed by Pope Pius IX to the Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Japan on May 22, 1876.

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lubumbashi is the Metropolitan See for the ecclesiastical province of Lubumbashi in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kuching</span> Roman Catholic archdiocese in Malaysia

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kuching is a Metropolitan Latin archbishopric of the Roman Catholic Church in Sarawak, Malaysia. It is however remains dependent on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Asunción</span> Roman Catholic archdiocese in Paraguay

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Asunción is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Paraguay.

Basile Mvé Engone is a Gabonese prelate of the Catholic Church. He was Archbishop of Libreville in Gabon from 1998 to 2020.

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ambanja is a diocese located in the city of Ambanja in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Antsiranana in Madagascar. Its episcopal see is the Cathedral of Saint Joseph, which was constructed in 1933.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Roman Catholic Diocese of Oita</span> Roman Catholic diocese in Japan

The Diocese of Oita is a suffragan Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Nagasaki in southern Japan.

The Latin Archdiocese of Tehran–Isfahan is a particular church of the Catholic Church in Iran.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Timothy Costelloe</span> Australian prelate of the Catholic Church (born 1954)

Timothy John Costelloe SDB is an Australian prelate of the Catholic Church. He is the ninth archbishop of the Archdiocese of Perth, appointed in February 2012.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Apostolic Vicariate of Puerto Ayacucho</span> Latin Catholic ecclesiastical jurisdiction in Venezuela

The Apostolic Vicariate of Puerto Ayacucho is a Latin Church missionary ecclesiastical jurisdiction or apostolic vicariate of the Catholic Church in Venezuela.

Antonio Feliciani, O. F. M. was an Italian priest and the second Prefect Apostolic of Hong Kong.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Vincent Cimatti</span>

Vincent Cimatti SDB was a Roman Catholic priest, bishop, prefect apostolic and Salesian provincial to Japan. He is founder of the Caritas Sisters of Jesus. He is the brother of Maria Raffaella Cimatti, a member of the Hospitaler Sisters of Mercy, who was beatified by the Catholic Church in 1996.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Vitaliy Kryvytskyi</span> Ukrainian Roman Catholic prelate

Bishop Vitaliy Kryvytskyi or Vitaliy Krivitskiy, S.D.B. is a Ukrainian Roman Catholic prelate serving as the diocesan bishop of Kyiv–Zhytomyr since 30 April 2017.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Vladimír Fekete</span> Azerbaijani Roman Catholic prelate

Bishop Vladimír Fekete, S.D.B. is a Slovak-born Roman Catholic prelate as the Apostolic Prefect of Apostolic Prefecture of Azerbaijan and Titular Bishop of Municipa.

References

  1. "Rinunce e nomine".
  2. Cheney, David M. "Azerbaijan (Prefecture Apostolic) [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2017-11-29.
  3. Cheney, David M. "Father Jozef Daniel Pravda [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2017-11-29.
  4. Cheney, David M. "Father Ján Čapla [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2017-11-29.
  5. 1 2 Cheney, David M. "Father Vladimír Fekete [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2017-11-29.