Apostolic Administration of the Caucasus
The Apostolic Administration of the Caucasus (Latin: Administratio Apostolica Caucasi Latinorum) is a particular church of the Roman Catholic Church in the Catholic Church, established in 1993, with headquarters in Tbilisi, capital of Georgia.
It is exempt, i.e. directly subject to the Holy See, not part of any ecclesiastical province. Since 1996, Giuseppe Pasotto is the founding Apostolic Administrator of the Caucasus.
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Territory
The Apostolic Administration of the Caucasus pastorally serves Catholics of the Roman Rite of the whole of Armenia and Georgia, including Abkhazia, Adjara and South Ossetia.
Catholics of Armenian rite of the Armenian Catholic Church, one of the Eastern Catholic Churches of the Catholic Church, are within the Ordinariate of Eastern Europe, which is headquartered in Gyumri, Armenia.
History
The Apostolic Administration of the Caucasus was erected on 30 December 1993, during the pontificate of Pope John Paul II by the decree Quo aptius of the Congregation for Bishops.[1] to pastorally covered Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia.
On 11 October 2000, it lost jurisdiction over Azerbaijan, which was transferred to the newly erected then Mission sui iuris of Baku, which soon was promoted to Apostolic prefecture.
Cathedral see
The Cathedral episcopal see of the Apostolic Administration is the Notre-Dame of the Assumption of Tbilisi (capital of Georgia), dedicated to the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Episcopal ordinaries
- Giuseppe Pasotto, Stigmatines (C.S.S.), Titular Bishop of Musti
References
- ↑ [ The decree Quo aptius of 30 December 1993, published in the Acta Apostolicae Sedis (AAS) , vol. LXXXVI [ archive ] (1994), No. 4 (April 11, 1994), p. 376 (accessed June 9, 2013)]
Sources and External links
- http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dcauc.html
- http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/cauc0.htm
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