Roman Catholic Diocese of Transfiguration at Novosibirsk
| Diocese of Transfiguration at Novosibirsk Dioecesis Neosiberiana Transfigurationis Преображенской епархии в Новосибирске | |
|---|---|
 Cathedral of Transfiguration | |
| Location | |
| Country | Russia |
| Metropolitan | Mother of God at Moscow |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 2,000,000 km2 (770,000 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2010) 25,000,000 500,000 (2.0%) |
| Information | |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of Transfiguration |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Joseph Werth, S.J. |
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Transfiguration at Novosibirsk (Latin: Neosiberian(a) Transfigurationis) is a suffragan Latin diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archbishop of Mother of God at Moscow.
Its cathedral episcopal see is the Cathedral of the Transfiguration in the city of Novosibirsk in Asian Siberia, Russia.
History
- Established on December 1, 1921 as Apostolic Vicariate of Siberia, on territory split off from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Mohilev
- Demoted on April 13, 1991 as Apostolic Administration of Siberia
- 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 on February 11, 2002 as Diocese of Transfiguration at Novosibirsk
Ordinaries
(all Roman rite, so far missionary members of Latin congregations)
- Apostolic Administrators of Novosibirsk (Siberia)
- Joseph Werth, Jesuits (S.J.), (1991.04.13 – 1999.05.18 see below), Titular Bishop of Bulna (1991.04.13 – 2002.02.11)
- Jerzy Mazur, S.V.D. (1998.03.23 – 1999.05.18 see below), Titular Bishop of Tabunia (1998.03.23 – 2002.02.11), later Apostolic Administrator of 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 Administrators of Western Siberia
- Joseph Werth, S.J. (see above 1999.05.18 – 2002.02.11 see below)
- 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)
See also
Sources and External links
External links
- Siberian Catholic Newspaper - website of the press service of the Diocese of Transfiguration at Novosibirsk
- Catholic Church in Western Siberia
- St. Nicholas Catholic Orphanage in Novosibirsk
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