Nikolaus Messmer

(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.

[1] 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.

[2][3] Messmer died on 18 July 2016 in Bishkek at the age of 61.

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