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Fr Anthony J. Corcoran
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Fr Anthony James Corcoran was born in Arizona in 1963, and raised in Texas. Pope Francis appointed him apostolic administrator for Kyrgyzstan in 2017.

Fr. Corcoran entered the Society of Jesus in 1985 and was ordained to the priesthood in 1996. From 1997 to 2000, Fr Corcoran served in the Diocese of Novosibirsk, Russia, as a pastoral minister, spiritual director of Seminary and Vicar General of the Diocese.

After a short break for his tertianship, the final step in Jesuit formation, he returned to the Diocese of Novosibirsk, this time as Vicar General of the Diocese while also doing work in the local minor Seminary.

Following a two-year return to the United States to complete his doctorate, he returned to Novosibirsk for another decade, during which time he served primarily as canonical superior of the Russia region of Jesuits and rector of the preo-seminary.

Pope Francis appointed him apostolic administrator for Kyrgyzstan in 2017.

Father Corcoran earned a bachelor’s degree in political science from Maquette University.