Apostolic Administration of Kazakhstan e Asia Centrale
Cazastaniae et Asiae Centralis pro fidelibus ritus byzantini
Apostolic administration · Byzantine tradition · Kazakhstan e Asia Centrale, Kazakhstan
Byzantine-rite apostolic administration established by Pope Francis on June 1, 2019 for Eastern Catholic faithful of the Byzantine rite (mainly Ukrainian Greek Catholic) in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. Mitred Archpriest Vasyl Hovera was appointed its first apostolic administrator and enthroned in Karaganda on December 15, 2019.
The see
- Rank
- Apostolic administration
- Tradition
- Byzantine tradition
- Erected
- 1 June 2019
- Latin
- Cazastaniae et Asiae Centralis pro fidelibus ritus byzantini
- Annuario code
- 001005093
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 10,000
- Priests
- 8
- Catholics per priest
- 1,250
- Extent
- 4,003,451 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
- Vasyl Hovera
- Born
- 11 December 1972
- Birthplace
- Ivano-Frankivsk
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
Holy Protection of the Mother of God Cathedral in Karaganda stands in Kazakhstan e Asia Centrale, 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.
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].