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[[Bishop]] '''Nikolaus Messmer''', [[Society of Jesus|S.J.]] (19 December 1954 − 18 July 2016) was a [[Roman Catholic]] [[prelate]] who served as the titular bishop of [[Carmeiano]] and the first [[Apostolic Administrator]] of the [[Apostolic Administration of Kyrgyzstan]] from 2006 until his death in 2016.<ref name="KCB">{{cite news |title=Kyrgyzstan's only Catholic bishop dies |author=Philippa Hitchen |url=http://en.radiovaticana.va/news/2016/07/18/kyrgyzstans_only_catholic_bishop_dies/1245050 |newspaper=[[Vatican Radio]] |date=18 July 2016 |accessdate=18 July 2016}}</ref>

Bishop Messmer was born in [[Karaganda]], [[Kazakh SSR]] in a family of German descent. At a young age he joined the [[Society of Jesus]] and was ordained as priest on 28 May 1989 and he was sent to serve in [[Kyrgyzstan]].<ref name="KCB">{{cite news |title=Kyrgyzstan's only Catholic bishop dies |author=Philippa Hitchen |url=http://en.radiovaticana.va/news/2016/07/18/kyrgyzstans_only_catholic_bishop_dies/1245050 |newspaper=[[Vatican Radio]] |date=18 July 2016 |accessdate=18 July 2016}}</ref>  He was appointed Apostolic Administrator of the new elevated [[Apostolic Administration of Kyrgyzstan]] by [[Pope Benedict XVI]] on 18 March 2006.<ref name="CH">{{cite web |title=Bishop Nikolaus Messmer, S.J. |author= |url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bmessn.html |website=Catholic Hierarchy |date= |accessdate=18 July 2016}}{{Self-published source|date=July 2016}}</ref><ref>[http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/kyrg0.htm Apostolic Administration of Kyrgyzstan]</ref>

Messmer died on 18 July 2016 in [[Bishkek]] at the age of 61.

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