Apostolic Administration of Atyrau
Atirauen(sis)
Apostolic administration · Latin Church · Atyrau, Kazakhstan
Latin-rite apostolic administration covering western Kazakhstan, erected in 1999 and part of the ecclesiastical province of Maria Santissima in Astana. Its see is the Cathedral of the Transfiguration of Our Lord in Atyrau. Slovak priest Fr. Peter Sakmar has served as apostolic administrator ad nutum Sanctae Sedis since December 8, 2020.
The see
- Rank
- Apostolic administration
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 7 July 1999
- Latin
- Atirauen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001000512
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 2,650
- Priests
- 24
- Catholics per priest
- 110
- Extent
- 736,612 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.0
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Apostolic Administrator
- Peter Sakmar
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of the Transfiguration of Our Lord, Atyrau stands in Atyrau, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Astana
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Maria Santissima in Astana.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of Maria Santissima in AstanaAstana
- Diocese of KaragandaKaraganda
- Diocese of Santissima Trinità in AlmatyAlmaty
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].