Apostolic Prefecture of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia 🇲🇳

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Ulaanbaatar / 烏蘭巴托 (正體中文) / Ulaanbaataren(sis) (Latin)

Immediately subject to the Holy See

Neighbouring Dioceses: Lanzhou 蘭州 (↙), Xinjiang 新疆 (←), Transfiguration at Novosibirsk (↖), Saint Joseph at Irkutsk (↑), Qiqihar 齊齊哈爾 (→), Jining 集寧 (↘), Suiyuan 綏遠 (↓), Ningxia 寧夏 (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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History

1922.03.14: Established as Mission sui juris of Outer Mongolia 外蒙 (from Apostolic Vicariate of Central Mongolia 中蒙古)
1924: Renamed as Mission sui juris of Urga 庫倫 / Ulanbator / Urgæn(sis) (Latin) / de Urga (Latin)
2002.04.30: Promoted as Apostolic Prefecture of Ulaanbaatar / 烏蘭巴托 (正體中文) / Ulaanbaataren(sis) (Latin)

Papal Visits

Pope Francis (2023.09)

Present Prelates

Prefect Apostolic (2020.04.02 – ...):

Cardinal Giorgio Marengo, I.M.C. (51)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Giuda Taddeo Apostolo

President of Bishops’ Conference of Central Asia

Ordinaries

Prefects Apostolic of Ulaanbaatar (Roman Rite)

Cardinal Giorgio Marengo, I.M.C. (51)
(2020.04.02 – ...)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Giuda Taddeo Apostolo
Prefect Apostolic of Ulaanbaatar (Mongolia)
President of Bishops’ Conference of Central Asia

Respicite ad eum et illuminamini

Born:	1974.06.07 (Cuneo, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	2001.05.26
Consecrated Bishop:	2020.08.08
Created Cardinal:	2022.08.27

Titular Bishop of Castra severiana (2020.04.02 – 2022.08.27)

Prefect Apostolic of Ulaanbaatar (Mongolia) (2020.04.02 – ...)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Giuda Taddeo Apostolo (2022.08.27 [2023.05.21] – ...)

President of Bishops’ Conference of Central Asia (2026.04.17 – ...)

Bishop Wenceslao Selga Padilla (黃旭東), C.I.C.M.
(2002.04.30 – 2018.09.25)

Lumen ad revelationem gentium

Born:	1949.09.28 (Tubao, Philippines)
Ordained Priest:	1976.03.17
Consecrated Bishop:	2003.08.29
Died:	2018.09.25 (Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia † 68)

Ecclesiastical Superior of Urga 庫倫 (Mongolia) (1992.04.19 – 2002.04.30)

Prefect Apostolic of Ulaanbaatar (Mongolia) (2002.04.30 – 2018.09.25)

Titular Bishop of Tharros (2003.08.02 – 2018.09.25)

Ecclesiastical Superiors of Urga 庫倫 (Roman Rite)

Fr. Wenceslao Selga Padilla (黃旭東), C.I.C.M. (later Bishop)
(1992.04.19 – 2002.04.30)

(see above)

Bishop Everard Ter Laak (蘭克複), C.I.C.M.
(Apostolic Administrator 1924 – 1931.05.05)

Bishop Jerome van Aertselaer (方濟眾), C.I.C.M.
(Apostolic Administrator 1922 – 1924)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of Sts. Peter and Paul, Ulaanbaatar

Churches by City (10)

Lanzhou 蘭州 (↙), Xinjiang 新疆 (←), Transfiguration at Novosibirsk (↖), Saint Joseph at Irkutsk (↑), Qiqihar 齊齊哈爾 (→), Jining 集寧 (↘), Suiyuan 綏遠 (↓), Ningxia 寧夏 (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 1,564,120 km²

Population: 1,432 Catholics (0.0% of 3,450,066 total)

Pastoral Centres: 8 parishes, 1 mission

Personnel: 25 priests (6 diocesan, 19 religious), 63 religious (30 brothers, 33 sisters)