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<p>Csurla: /* References */</p> <hr /> <div>{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2016}}<br /> <br /> [[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.&lt;ref name=&quot;KCB&quot;&gt;{{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}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> 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]].&lt;ref name=&quot;KCB&quot;&gt;{{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}}&lt;/ref&gt; He was appointed Apostolic Administrator of the new elevated [[Apostolic Administration of Kyrgyzstan]] by [[Pope Benedict XVI]] on 18 March 2006.&lt;ref name=&quot;CH&quot;&gt;{{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}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/kyrg0.htm Apostolic Administration of Kyrgyzstan]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> Messmer died on 18 July 2016 in [[Bishkek]] at the age of 61.<br /> <br /> == References ==<br /> {{Reflist}}<br /> <br /> {{Subject bar |portal1= Biography |portal2= Catholicism |portal3= Kyrgyzstan}}<br /> {{Authority control}}<br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Messmer, Nikolaus}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:1954 births]]<br /> [[Category:2016 deaths]]<br /> [[Category:21st-century Roman Catholic bishops]]<br /> [[Category:People from Karaganda]]<br /> [[Category:Jesuit bishops]]<br /> [[Category:Kyrgyzstani people stubs]]<br /> [[Category:Kyrgyzstani people of German descent]]<br /> <br /> <br /> {{Asia-RC-bishop-stub}}<br /> {{RC-bio-stub}}<br /> {{kyrgyzstan-bio-stub}}</div>

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