The Roman Catholic Diocese of the Transfiguration at Novosibirsk ( la, Neosiberian(a) Transfigurationis) is a
suffragan Latin
diocese
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History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associa ...
in the
Ecclesiastical province
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of the Metropolitan
Archbishop of Mother of God at Moscow.
Its
cathedral
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episcopal see is the Cathedral of the
Transfiguration, in the city of
Novosibirsk, in
Siberia
Siberia ( ; rus, Сибирь, r=Sibir', p=sʲɪˈbʲirʲ, a=Ru-Сибирь.ogg) is an extensive region, geographical region, constituting all of North Asia, from the Ural Mountains in the west to the Pacific Ocean in the east. It has been a ...
(Asian Russia).
History
* Established on April 13, 1991 as
Apostolic Administration
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of Novosibirsk, on territory split off from the
Diocese of Vladivostok and the newly suppressed
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
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(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)''
*
Joseph Werth,
Jesuits
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(S.J.), (1991.04.13 – 1999.05.18 ''see below''),
Titular Bishop
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of
Bulna (1991.04.13 – 2002.02.11)
*
Jerzy Mazur
Jerzy Mazur (born 5 August 1953) is a Polish Roman Catholic bishop, being the head of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ełk since 2003. He was previously a missionary, as well as a bishop in Siberia and the titular bishop of Tabunia.
Biography Ear ...
,
Divine Word Missionaries (S.V.D.) (1998.03.23 – 1999.05.18), Titular Bishop of
Tabunia (1998.03.23 – 2002.02.11), later
Apostolic Administrator
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of
Eastern Siberia
Siberia ( ; rus, Сибирь, r=Sibir', p=sʲɪˈbʲirʲ, a=Ru-Сибирь.ogg) is an extensive geographical region, constituting all of North Asia, from the Ural Mountains in the west to the Pacific Ocean in the east. It has been a part of ...
(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
Ełk (; former pl, Łek; german: Lyck; Old Prussian: ''Luks''; lt, Lukas), also spelled Elk in English, is a small city in northeastern Poland with 61,677 inhabitants as of December 2021. It was assigned to Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship in 1999, ...
(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. John Chrysostom Church (russian: храм Святого Иоанна Златоуста) is a Catholic church in Novokuznetsk in Russia.Novokuznetsk: Catholic Encyclopedia, Franciscan editions (Izdanie Frantsiskantsev), Moscow, 2007, Volume 3, ...
*
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 photoSiberian Catholic Newspaper - website of the press service of the Diocese of the Transfiguration at Novosibirsk
Catholic Church in Western SiberiaSt. Nicholas Catholic Orphanage in Novosibirsk
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