Roman Catholic Diocese of the Transfiguration at Novosibirsk
Diocese of the Transfiguration at Novosibirsk Dioecesis Neosiberiana Transfigurationis Преображенской епархии в Новосибирске | |
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The Diocese of the Transfiguration at Novosibirsk (
Mother of God at Moscow
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Its cathedral episcopal see is the Cathedral of the Transfiguration, in the city of Novosibirsk, in Siberia (Asian Russia).
History
- Established on April 13, 1991 as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Mohilev
- Renamed on May 18, 1999 as Apostolic Administration of Western Siberia, having lost territory to establish the then Apostolic Administration of Eastern Siberia(now Diocese of Saint Joseph at Irkutsk)
- Promoted and renamed-back on February 11, 2002 as Diocese of the Transfiguration at Novosibirsk
Ordinaries
(all
Roman rite
, so far missionary members of Latin congregations)
- Apostolic Administrators of Novosibirsk (Siberia)
- Titular Bishop of Bulna(1991.04.13 – 2002.02.11)
- Eastern Siberia (Russia) (1999.05.18 – 2002.02.11), Apostolic Administrator of Yuzhno Sakhalinsk (Russia) (2000 – 2003.04.17), Bishop of Saint Joseph at Irkutsk (Russia) (2002.02.11 – 2003.04.17), Bishop of Ełk(Poland) (2003.04.17 – ...)
- Apostolic Administrator of Western Siberia
- Joseph Werth, S.J. (see above 1999.05.18 – 2002.02.11 see below)
- Suffragan Bishops of (Transfiguration at) Novosibirsk
- Joseph Werth, S.J. (see above 2002.02.11 - ...), President of Conference of Catholic Bishops of Russia(2005.02 – 2011.01.19)
Statistics
As per 2014, it pastorally served 512,000 Catholics (2.0% of 25,600,000 total) on 2,000,000 km2 in 70 parishes and 160 missions with 38 priests (19 diocesan, 19 religious), 1 deacon and 77 lay religious (20 brothers, 57 sisters).
Dependent churches include:
- Holy Trinity Church, Tobolsk
- St. Anne's Church, Yekaterinburg
- St. John Chrysostom Church, Novokuznetsk
- St. Joseph's Church, Tyumen
- Church of the Intercession of the Virgin Mary, Tomsk
See also
- Roman Catholicism in Russia
Sources and external links
- GCatholic.org, with Google satellite photo
- Catholic Hierarchy
- Siberian Catholic Newspaper - website of the press service of the Diocese of the Transfiguration at Novosibirsk Archived 2010-04-14 at the Wayback Machine
- Catholic Church in Western Siberia
- St. Nicholas Catholic Orphanage in Novosibirsk
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