The Diocese of the Transfiguration at Novosibirsk () is a

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of the

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in the

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of the Mother of God at Moscow. Its

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

Novosibirsk Novosibirsk is the largest city and administrative centre of Novosibirsk Oblast and the Siberian Federal District in Russia. As of the 2021 Russian census, 2021 census, it had a population of 1,633,595, making it the most populous city in Siber ...

, in

Siberia Siberia ( ; , ) is an extensive geographical region comprising all of North Asia, from the Ural Mountains in the west to the Pacific Ocean in the east. It has formed a part of the sovereign territory of Russia and its predecessor states ...

(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 Metropolitan Archdiocese of Mohilev (now Archdiocese of Minsk-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 The Roman Rite () is the most common ritual family for performing the ecclesiastical services of the Latin Church, the largest of the ''sui iuris'' particular churches that comprise the Catholic Church. The Roman Rite governs Rite (Christianity) ...

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

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

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of Bulna (1991.04.13 – 2002.02.11) * Jerzy Mazur,

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(S.V.D.) (1998.03.23 – 1999.05.18), Titular Bishop of Tabunia (1998.03.23 – 2002.02.11), later

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Eastern Siberia Eastern Siberia is a part of Siberia that incorporates the territory located between the Yenisei River in the west and the Pacific Ocean divides in the east. Its area is equal to 7.2 million sq. km.Galina Samoylova (Г. С. Самойлова)В� ...

(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 is a city in northeastern Poland with 61,677 inhabitants as of December 2021. It is the seat of Ełk County in the Warmian–Masurian Voivodeship. It lies on the shore of Ełk Lake, which was formed by a glacier, and is surrounded by extensiv ...

(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

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
{{Roman Catholic Church in Russia

Christian organizations established in 1991

1991 establishments in Russia Christianity in Novosibirsk

History

Ordinaries

Statistics

See also

Sources and external links