Roman Catholicism in Mongolia

The Roman Catholic Church in Mongolia is a small minority church in Asia.

Your start seeing in the missions of the early 20th century, the territory of Mongolia, 1.5665 million km ², was on March 14, 1922 an independent mission sui juris. Pope John Paul II elevated the mission of Urga, the species name, on 8 July 2002 Apostolic Prefecture of Ulaanbaatar ( Ulan Bator ). At this time, she counted only 114 believers who were cared for by two diocesan and 7 religious priests and 17 nuns. In early 2011, the number of Catholics in Mongolia already 760 people.

The Cathedral of St. Peter and Paul in the capital Ulaanbaatar was inaugurated on 30 August 2003, the building is designed in the style of a traditional yurt. There are more churches

• In Ulan Bator ( St. Maris in the district of Khan Uul, Good Shepherd in the district Bayanzürch since 2003, St. Sophia in the district Songino Chan Chair since 2012 ) and
• In Darkhan, the second largest city of Mongolia ( Mary Help of Christians, since 2007).

In addition, the prefecture has some small mission stations.