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

Ordinaries

(all Roman Rite)

Apostolic Prefects of Karafuto
Apostolic Prefects of Yuzhno Sakhalinsk

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