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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">{{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>

==History==

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"/> 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. |url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bmessn.html |website=Catholic Hierarchy |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>

===Death===

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

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