Apostolic Prefecture of Yuzhno Sakhalinsk

The Apostolic Prefecture of Yuzhno Sakhalinsk is a Latin Catholic missionary pre-diocesan jurisdiction on the Russian (ex-Japanese) Far Eastern island Sakhalin.

It is exempt, i.e. directly dependent on the Holy See, not part of any ecclesiastical province.

Its cathedral episcopal see is the Church of St. James, in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk.

History

• Established on 1932.07.18 as Mission sui juris of Karafuto (豊原市 (日本語) ) on territory split off from the Apostolic Vicariate of Sapporo (札幌))
• Promoted on 1938.05.21 as Apostolic Prefecture of Karafuto / 豊原市 (日本語)
• Renamed on 2002.04.10 as Apostolic Prefecture of Yuzhno Sakhalinsk
• Most of the time under 'apostolic administration', for lack of an incumbent prefect, from Sapporro or Irkutsk.

Episcopal ordinaries

(all Roman Rite)

Apostolic Prefects of Karafuto

1. Bishop Wenceslaus Kinold, OFM (Apostolic Administrator 1934 – 1938)
2. Rev. Felice Hermann, OFM (31 May 1938 – 1941)
3. Rev. Toda Lorenzo Tatewaki (Apostolic Administrator 1941 – 1944)
4. Rev. Msgr. Augustine Isamu Seno (1944 – 1953)
5. Bishop Benedict Takahiko Tomizawa (Apostolic Administrator 30 January 1953 – 3 October 1987)
6. Bishop Peter Toshio Jinushi (Apostolic Administrator 3 October 1987 – 2000)
7. Bishop Jerzy Mazur, SVD (Apostolic Administrator 2000 – 17 April 2003)^[1]

Apostolic Prefects of Yuzhno Sakhalinsk

1. Bishop Cyryl Klimowicz (Apostolic Administrator 17 April 2003 – )^[1]

See also

• List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Russia
• Roman Catholicism in Russia

References

Coordinates: 46°57′04″N 142°44′50″E / 46.9511°N 142.7473°E / 46.9511; 142.7473