Roman Catholic Diocese of Karaganda
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Karaganda is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church, suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan of Mary Most Holy in Astana, yet remains subject to the missionary Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.
Diocese of Karaganda Dioecesis Karagandansis Карагандинская епархияQaraǵandy qalasynyń eparhiyasy | |
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| Location | |
| Country |  Kazakhstan |
| Ecclesiastical province | Maria Santissima in Astana |
| Metropolitan | Maria Santissima in Astana |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 711,300 km2 (274,600 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics (including non-members) | (as of 2013) 3,590,000 31,300 (0.9%) |
| Parishes | Karaganda: St. Joseph Parish Karaganda: Maria Mother of the Church Parish Abaj: Annunciation of the Lord Parish Temirtau: St. Andrew Parish Balkhash: St. Francis of Assisi Parish Zhezkazgan: Transfiguration of our Lord Parish |
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| Denomination | Catholic |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 13 April 1991 |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of Our Lady of Fatima, Karaganda |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Adelio Dell’Oro |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Tomasz Peta |
| Bishops emeritus | Jan Paul Lenga, Janusz Kaleta |
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| Website | |
| catholic-kazakhstan.org/Karag/En | |
Its cathedral episcopal see is the Marian Cathedral of Our Lady of Fatima, in the city of Karaganda in Kazakhstan.[1][2] The city also had the former Cathedral of St. Joseph.
History
Established on 1991.04.13 as Apostolic Administration of Kazakhstan, on vast territory (most of ex-Soviet Turkestan) split off from the Diocese of Vladivostok.
Lost territories repeatedly :
- on 1997.09.29 to establish Mission sui juris of Uzbekistan, Mission sui juris of Tajikistan and Mission sui juris of Turkmenistan
- on 1997.12.22 to establish Mission sui juris of Kyrgyzstan.
Promoted on 1999.07.07 as Diocese of Karaganda, losing territory to establish Apostolic Administration of Astana, Apostolic Administration of Almaty and Apostolic Administration of Atyrau.
Statistics
As per 2014, it pastorally served 8,340 Catholics (0.2% of 3,640,000 total) on 711,208 km² in 19 parishes and 2 missions with 19 priests (15 diocesan, 4 religious) and 38 lay religious (4 brothers, 34 sisters).
Episcopal ordinaries
(all Roman Rite)
- Apostolic Administrator of Kazakhstan
- Jan Pawel Lenga, Marian Fathers (M.I.C.) (1991.04.13 – 1999.07.07 see below), Ukrainian; Titular Bishop of Arba (1991.04.13 – 1999.07.07)
- Suffragan Bishops of Karaganda
- Jan Pawel Lenga, (M.I.C.) (see above 1999.07.07 – 2003.05.17), personally promoted Archbishop-Bishop of Karaganda (2003.05.17 – emeritate 2011.02.05)
- Janusz Wiesław Kaleta (2011.02.05 – emeritate 2014.07.15), Polish; previously Titular Bishop of Phelbes (2006.09.15 – 2011.02.05) as Apostolic Administrator of Atyrau (Kazakhstan) (1999.07.07 – 2011.02.05) and later Apostolic Administrator ad nutum Sanctae Sedis of above Atyrau (2011.02.05 – 2012.12.07); lay state since 2016.05.30
- Adelio Dell’Oro (2015.01.31 – ... ), Italian; previously Titular Bishop of Castulo (2012.12.07 – 2015.01.31) as Apostolic Administrator of Atyrau (2012.12.07 – 2015.05.16)
Notes
- Diocese of Karaganda Archived 2010-01-04 at the Wayback Machine at Union of Catholic Asian News
- Catholic World Report: "In the land of the Gulag, a statement of faith in the future - A new cathedral in Kazakhstan has been dedicated to Our Lady of Fatima" by Joanna Bogle September 14, 2012