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Bishop Nikolaus Messmer, 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">Template:Cite news</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">Template:Cite news</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">Template:Cite webTemplate:Self-published source</ref><ref>Apostolic Administration of Kyrgyzstan</ref>
Messmer died on 18 July 2016 in Bishkek at the age of 61.
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