The Roman Catholic Diocese of the Transfiguration at Novosibirsk ( la, Neosiberian(a) Transfigurationis) is a

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Latin

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in the

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of the Metropolitan Archbishop of Mother of God at Moscow. Its

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episcopal see is the Cathedral of the Transfiguration, in the city of

Novosibirsk Novosibirsk (, also ; rus, Новосиби́рск, p=nəvəsʲɪˈbʲirsk, a=ru-Новосибирск.ogg) is the largest city and administrative centre of Novosibirsk Oblast and Siberian Federal District in Russia. As of the 2021 Censu ...

, in

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 ...

(Asian Russia).

History

* Established on April 13, 1991 as

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of Novosibirsk, on territory split off from the Diocese of Vladivostok and the newly suppressed

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Mohilev The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mohilev (or Mogilev or Mahilyow) was a territorial Latin rite division of the Roman Catholic Church, covering a significant western proportion of the territory of the Tsarist Russian empire. History It was ere ...

* Renamed on May 18, 1999 as Apostolic Administration of Western Siberia, having lost territory to establish the then

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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

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, so far missionary members of Latin congregations) ; ''Apostolic Administrators of Novosibirsk (Siberia)'' *

Joseph Werth Joseph Werth SJ (russian: Иосиф Иоганнович Верт; born October 4, 1952 in Karaganda) is Bishop of Transfiguration in Novosibirsk (Russia). Named as the Latin Church Apostolic Administrator of Siberia—a see that encompassed 4. ...

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(S.J.), (1991.04.13 – 1999.05.18 ''see below''),

Titular Bishop A titular bishop in various churches is a bishop who is not in charge of a diocese. By definition, a bishop is an "overseer" of a community of the faithful, so when a priest is ordained a bishop, the tradition of the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox a ...

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 ...

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(S.V.D.) (1998.03.23 – 1999.05.18), Titular Bishop of

Tabunia Tabunia, is an ancient city and former bishopric of Roman North Africa, which remains a Latin Catholic titular see. History Tabunia was among the many cities of significant importance in the Roman province of Mauretania Caesariensis to become ...

(1998.03.23 – 2002.02.11), later

Apostolic Administrator An Apostolic administration in the Catholic Church is administrated by a prelate appointed by the pope to serve as the ordinary for a specific area. Either the area is not yet a diocese (a stable 'pre-diocesan', usually missionary apostolic adm ...

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 The Holy Trinity Church (russian: Храм Пресвятой Троицы) is a Catholic church in the city of Tobolsk, Russia. The church is part of Diocese of Novosibirsk. It is a protected historical monument of Gothic architecture. The churc ...

St. Anne's Church, Yekaterinburg St. Anne's Church (russian: Храм Святой Анны) is a Roman Catholic church located in Yekaterinburg, in the Diocese of Novosibirsk in Russia, a suffragan of the Archdiocese of the Mother of God in Moscow. This church belongs to the gro ...

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 The Church of the Intercession of the Virgin Mary or more formally Church of the Intercession of the Virgin Mary, Queen of the Holy Rosary (russian: Храм Покрова Пресвятой Богородицы Царицы Святого Роз� ...

Sources and external links

GCatholic.org, with Google satellite photo

Siberian Catholic Newspaper - website of the press service of the Diocese of the Transfiguration at Novosibirsk

Catholic Church in Western Siberia

St. Nicholas Catholic Orphanage in Novosibirsk
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Christian organizations established in 1991

1991 establishments in Russia Christianity in Novosibirsk

History

Ordinaries

Statistics

See also

Sources and external links