Roman Catholic Diocese of the Transfiguration at Novosibirsk

The Diocese of the Transfiguration at Novosibirsk (Latin: Dioecesis Neosiberiana Transfigurationis) is a suffragan Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in the ecclesiastical province of the Mother of God at Moscow.

Diocese of the Transfiguration at Novosibirsk Dioecesis Neosiberiana Transfigurationis Преображенской епархии в Новосибирске
Cathedral of the Transfiguration
Location
Country	Russia
Metropolitan	Mother of God at Moscow
Statistics
Area	2,000,000 km2 (770,000 sq mi)
Population Total Catholics	(as of 2010) 25,000,000 500,000 (2.0%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Cathedral	Cathedral of the Transfiguration
Current leadership
Pope	Sede vacante
Bishop	Joseph Werth, S.J.
Auxiliary Bishops	Stephan Lipke, S.J.
Map

Its cathedral episcopal see is the Cathedral of the Transfiguration, in the city of Novosibirsk, in Siberia (Asian Russia).

History

• Established on April 13, 1991 as Apostolic Administration 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, so far missionary members of Latin congregations)

Apostolic Administrators of Novosibirsk (Siberia)

• Joseph Werth, Jesuits (S.J.), (1991.04.13 – 1999.05.18 see below), Titular Bishop of Bulna (1991.04.13 – 2002.02.11)
• Jerzy Mazur, 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 of Eastern Siberia (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 (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

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Russia

Sources and external links

• GCatholic.org, with Google satellite photo
• Catholic Hierarchy
• Siberian Catholic Newspaper - website of the press service of the Diocese of the Transfiguration at Novosibirsk Archived 2010-04-14 at the Wayback Machine
• Catholic Church in Western Siberia
• St. Nicholas Catholic Orphanage in Novosibirsk