In 1997, Pope John Paul II entrusted the Jesuits with pastoral care over Kyrgyzstan. Currently, the Jesuits are supported by two diocesan priests and sisters from the Congregation of the School Sisters of Saint Francis and the Missionaries of Charity sisters.
Important events took place on Sunday, October 22, 2023. The responsibility for the parish in Jalal-Abada was taken over from Father Adam Malinowski SJ by the newly arrived to Kyrgyzstan priest. Janusz Potok, Fidei Donum missionary from the Tarnów diocese, Poland. Fr. Janusz previously worked in Kazakhstan for several years and knows the context and specificity of work in Central Asia perfectly. In turn, Father Bartosz Kornatowski SJ became the parish priest in the city of Osh, with a population of 300,000, which is located, like Jalal-Abad, in the southern part of Kyrgyzstan. Both ceremonies were presided over by Father Anthony Corcoran SJ, Apostolic Administrator of Kyrgyzstan.
Parishioners in front of the parish house in Jalal-Abada.
Main photo: parishioners in the chapel in Osh.
