Roman Catholic Diocese of Karaganda

Diocese of the Catholic Church in Kazakhstan

Diocese of Karaganda Dioecesis Karagandansis Карагандинская епархияQaraǵandy qalasynyń eparhiyasy


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	(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
Information
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
Auxiliary Bishops	Yevgeniy Zinkovskiy
Bishops emeritus	Jan Paul Lenga
Map

Website
catholic-kazakhstan.org/Karag/En

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.^[1]

Its cathedral episcopal see is the Marian Cathedral of Our Lady of Fatima, in the city of Karaganda in Kazakhstan.^[2]^[3] The city also had the former Cathedral of St. Joseph.

History

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Established on 1991年04月13日 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年09月29日 to establish Mission sui juris of Uzbekistan, Mission sui juris of Tajikistan and Mission sui juris of Turkmenistan
on 1997年12月22日 to establish Mission sui juris of Kyrgyzstan.

Promoted on 1999年07月07日 as Diocese of Karaganda, losing territory to establish Apostolic Administration of Astana, Apostolic Administration of Almaty and Apostolic Administration of Atyrau.

Statistics

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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

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(all Roman Rite)

Apostolic Administrator of Kazakhstan

Jan Pawel Lenga, M.I.C. (1991年04月13日 – 1999年07月07日 see below), Ukrainian; Titular Bishop of Arba (1991年04月13日 – 1999年07月07日)

Suffragan Bishops of Karaganda

Jan Pawel Lenga, M.I.C. (see above 1999年07月07日 – 2003年05月17日), personally promoted Archbishop-Bishop of Karaganda (2003年05月17日 – emeritate 2011年02月05日)
Janusz Wiesław Kaleta (2011年02月05日 – emeritate 2014年07月15日), Polish; previously Titular Bishop of Phelbes (2006年09月15日 – 2011年02月05日) as Apostolic Administrator of Atyrau (Kazakhstan) (1999年07月07日 – 2011年02月05日) and later Apostolic Administrator ad nutum Sanctae Sedis of above Atyrau (2011年02月05日 – 2012年12月07日); lay state since 2016年05月30日
Adelio Dell’Oro (2015年01月31日 – ... ), Italian; previously Titular Bishop of Castulo (2012年12月07日 – 2015年01月31日) as Apostolic Administrator of Atyrau (2012年12月07日 – 2015年05月16日)

Auxiliary Bishops

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Athanasius Schneider, O.R.C., titular bishop of Celerina (8 April 2006 – 11 February 2011)
Yevgeniy Zinkovskiy, titular bishop of Maiuca (since 29 June 2021)